James Mangold's Western remake 3:10 To Yuma opened top through
Lionsgate at the weekend on an estimated $14.1m.

The film stars Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Ben Foster and
centres on a rancher who has to escort an outlaw on to a prison train
despite being pursued by the man's murderous gang. Relativity Media's
Ryan Kavanaugh served as executive producer.

The first weekend of the post-summer season fared 22.5% better than
2006, as the top 12 films combined for $66.1m.

Halloween fell to second place on $10m for $44.2m after two weekends
on release, while Sony's comedy Superbad ranks third and crossed $10m
in the fourth weekend after adding $8m for $103.7m.

New Line's action romp Shoot 'Em Up opened in sixth place on a
disappointing $5.5m. Stablemate Hairspray returned to the top 10 as
$1.9m raised the tally to $114.9m.

Estimated Top 10 North America Sept 7-9, 2007
Film (Dist)/Int'l dist/Est wkd gross/Est total to date
1 (-) 3:10 To Yuma (Lionsgate) Magnetik $14.1m -
2 (1) Halloween (MGM) The Weinstein Company $10m $44.2m
3 (2) Superbad (Sony) SPRI $8m $103.7m
4 (3) Balls Of Fury (Rogue) Focus Features Int'l $5.7m $24.3m
5 (4) The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) UPI $5.5m $210.1m
6 (-) Shoot 'Em Up (New Line) NLI $5.5m -
7 (5) Rush Hour 3 (New Line) NLI $5.3m $129.2m
8 (6) Mr Bean's Holiday (Universal) UPI $3.4m $25.1m
9 (7) The Nanny Diaries (MGM) TWC $3.3m $21m
10 (12) Hairspray (New Line) NLI $1.9m $114.9m

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