"The Final Destination" took the top spot at the weekend box office with an estimated $28.3 million.

Despite the fact that just over half of "The Final Destination's" 3,121 theaters were screening it in 3-D, 70 percent of its box office take was from 3-D theaters, which typically charge extra for the experience. That boost in revenue helped it push past "Final Destination 3's" $19.1 million opening.

Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorius Basterds" secured the No. 2 slot with a $20 million take, just 47 percent down from its opening weekend for $73.7 million total.

Following just behind Tarantino's World War II epic was Rob Zombie's "Halloween II," which pulled in $17.4 million. In contrast, Zombie's 2007 reboot of the franchise enjoyed a $30.6 million Labor Day weekend debut. Even with the weaker opening "Halloween II" looks to be on firm ground since it was only budgeted at $15 million.

All in all, horror accounted for nearly $45 million at the box office, demonstrating the genre's audience continues to be strong. -- [CNN]

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'Halloween 3D' appears set for 2010 release: A 3-D "Halloween" sequel is already in development for a summer 2010 release, according to the LA Times.

Titled "Halloween 3D," the film will not involve Rob Zombie, however. Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company, said the studio was in negotiations with a new director who has experience in the genre and has a "different take" on the franchise.

Movies shot in 3-D have proved particularly lucrative for horror films. For "The Final Destination," this weekend's No. 1 movie, theaters with at least one 3-D screen earned 3.25 times as much as those that showed the movie in 2-D only, according to distributor Warner Bros. That's substantially higher than for other recent releases. -- [LA Times]

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Matt Venne tackles 'Mirrors 2': Matt Venne ("White Noise 2: The Light," "Masters of Horror," "Fear Itself") has completed a screenplay for "Mirrors 2," a sequel to director Alex Aja's 20th Century Fox film.

No details of the plot are currently available. The first film was a remake of the Korean flick "Into the Mirror." Aja's "Mirrors" followed Kiefer Sutherland as a security guard at a high-end department store who begins to investigate mysterious deaths caused by murderous reflections out for revenge. -- [Bloody-Disgusting]