Zombie’s Halloween Helps Bolster Box Office

Posted by support@reallyscary.com (ReallyScary.com) on September 4, 2007 Variety reports Dimension's Halloween proved the perfect ending to the record-busting summer, grossing a winning $31 million over the Labor Day weekend and joining the parade of franchises --new and old -- that fueled the unexpected box office boom.

Generally, the Labor Day frame is ho-hum for movie-going. Not so this year, in keeping with the summer-long trend that defied the odds to become the best on the books for the film biz, the four-day Labor Day weekend included.