Zombie's 'Halloween' a boxoffice killer

September 04, 2007 Like a cat with nine lives, "Halloween" pounced on the North American boxoffice during the Labor Day weekend, taking in an estimated $31 million that set a record for the four-day holiday frame. Director Rob Zombie's remake of John Carpenter's classic 1978 slasher movie might have been the eighth film spun off from the original, but it capped off a heated moviegoing season that saw the summer 2007 boxoffice set a record with $4.3 billion, according to estimates by The Hollywood Reporter. Weekend moviegoers also sampled the martial arts comedy "Balls of Fury," which ranked third for the four days with an estimated $13.8 million.

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