LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The first weekend of Hollywood's fall season saw a rare western film riding to the top of box office in North America, after the movie industry just ended it record-breaking summer season with a slew of blockbusters.

Director James Mangold's remake of the 1957 classic western "3:10 To Yuma" took in an estimated 14.1 million dollars in U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend as one of the rare westerns produced by today's Hollywood, according to preliminary figures released Sunday.

The Lionsgate film, starring action heroes Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, opened on the high end of most industry estimates, although western genre films are not always known as the greatest draw, especially with younger audiences.

"Halloween," a MGM remake of the 30-year-old horror film, came in second with an estimated 10 million dollars over the three-day period, for a total of 44.2 million dollars in two weeks of release, the Los Angeles-based box office tracker Media By Numbers said.

Sony's coming-of-age comedy "Superbad" slipped one slot to third with an estimated 8 million dollars over the weekend. The low budget film costing only 20 million dollars has grossed over 104 million dollars in its four weeks of release.

Rogue Pictures' extreme ping pong comedy "Balls of Fury" took the No. 4 spot with 5.7 million dollars in its second weekend, while Universal's espionage-action "The Bourne Ultimatum" came in fifth with 5.5 million dollars. The film starring Matt Damon has grossed 210 million dollars since it debuted six weeks ago.

Hollywood executives last week celebrated the ending of this year's summer season, normally from early May to the Labor Day weekend, which finished with a total box office revenue of about 4.15 billion dollars, a historic record for the industry.