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Updated September 06, 2009

'Final Destination' Rules Labor Day Weekend Box Office With $12M

Associated Press

LOS ANGELESFear has trumped romance at the box office over Labor Day weekend.

From left, cast members Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Krista Allen, Haley Webb, and Nick Zano pose together at the premiere of "The Final Destination" in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Fear has trumped romance at the box office over Labor Day weekend.

The fright flick "The Final Destination" remained the No. 1 movie for the second-straight weekend with $12.4 million for the first three days of the long holiday weekend. "The Final Destination" raised its 10-day total to $47.6 million.

It came in ahead of Sandra Bullock's romantic comedy "All About Steve," which debuted in second-place with $11.2 million from Friday to Sunday. Bullock plays a woman who sets out on the road in pursuit of her soul mate.

Among other new movies, the action tale "Gamer" debuted at No. 4 with $9 million. The movie stars Gerard Butler in a thriller about real humans controlled by players in lethal games.

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