Final Destination Trumps Tarantino's Basterds

The fourth Final Destination movie has soared to the top of the U.S. box office - knocking Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds into second place.

The 3-D horror film scored an impressive $28.3 million (£17.1 million) in its opening weekend of release, comfortably beating the war movie's second week takings of $20 million (£12.5 million).

Halloween II took $17.4 million (£10.9 million) to secure third place, ahead of District 9 and G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra in fourth and fifth respectively.