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$32.1M Saw IV Slays Box Office

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 28, 2007 4:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – Saw VI axed the competition in the final weekend before Halloween by scaring up $32.1 million—falling short of Saw III’s debut weekend, but notching the highest opening of the fall season. Steve Carrell’s quirky dramedy, Dan in Real Life, took second with $12 million, Variety reports.

Saw spooked the weekend's other fright flick, 30 Days of Night, which grossed $6.7 million in its sophomore week. The Game Plan raked in $6.2 million in its fifth week to become the highest grossing film of the fall season. And Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married earned $5 million, beating out George Clooney’s Michael Clayton for fifth place.

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