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Fred Turd on
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 to
Movie Madness
Tropic Thunder was the No. 1 film at the North American box office for the second week in a row, narrowly beating Playboy-based comedy The House Bunny, which opened in second place with $15.1 million.
Death Race charged into third with weekend box office of $12.3 million. The blockbuster Batman sequel The Dark Knight slipped to the fourth position with $10.3 million in ticket sales, while Star Wars: The Clone Wars rounded out the top five with an estimated $5.7 million.
Here is this weekends Top 12, courtesy of Yahoo.com -
| This Wk | Last Wk | Title | Dist. | Weekend Gross | Cumulative Gross |
Rlse Wks |
# of Theaters |
| 1 | 1 | Tropic Thunder | $16,100,000 | $65,668,000 | 2 | 3352 | |
| 2 | - | The House Bunny | $15,100,000 | $15,100,000 | 1 | 2714 | |
| 3 | - | Death Race | $12,293,000 | $12,293,000 | 1 | 2532 | |
| 4 | 2 | The Dark Knight | $10,305,000 | $489,179,000 | 6 | 3163 | |
| 5 | 3 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $5,660,000 | $24,998,000 | 2 | 3452 | |
| 6 | 5 | Pineapple Express | $5,600,000 | $73,928,000 | 3 | 2620 | |
| 7 | 4 | Mirrors | $4,875,000 | $20,075,000 | 2 | 2664 | |
| 8 | - | The Longshots | $4,304,000 | $4,304,000 | 1 | 2089 | |
| 9 | 7 | Mamma Mia! | $4,303,000 | $124,458,000 | 6 | 2326 | |
| 10 | 6 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $4,069,000 | $93,812,000 | 4 | 2422 | |
| 11 | 10 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $3,003,000 | $8,569,000 | 2 | 692 | |
| 12 | - | The Rocker | $2,750,000 | $3,800,000 | 1 | 2784 |
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