Tropic Thunder Storms Box Office for Second Week

by Kristin Forte | Published August 25, 2008

Tropic Thunder remained king of the box office for its second weekend in theaters, pulling in $16.1 million.

The number two and three spots both went to new films. The House Bunny, a ditzy comedy starring Anna Faris, came in a close second with $15.1 million, while Paul W.S. Anderson’s action-thriller Death Race brought in $12.3 million.

The Dark Knight managed to keep a strong hold on box office sales in its sixth weekend in theaters, earning $10.3 million and coming in at number four. This is the most impressive movie of the summer, raking in a whopping total of $489.18 million and becoming the second highest-grossing film of all-time (Titanic holds the top spot with more than $600 million).

Star Wars: The Clone Wars slipped from the number three spot to number five, making a modest $5.67 million.

Will Tropic Thunder manage to hold its reign over the box office next weekend? Or will Disaster Movie, the latest spoof comedy to hit theaters, be able to claw its way to the top? Find out in next week’s Top of the Box Office report.

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Comment by movie junkie on 8/26/08 at 3:18 am: Robert Downey Jr. cracks me up… he’s got a real knack for not taking himself too seriously
Comment by Fairings on 8/26/08 at 8:50 am: Looking forward to watching the Disaster Movie! Need another good laugh after the gloomy feel of The Dark Knight.
Comment by Junior Cricket Bats on 10/08/08 at 7:20 am: Not what I was expecting at all. Great performances by Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr and Jack Black. Would recomend this to anyone.
Comment by Leonid on 10/27/08 at 7:08 am: Death race I like very much . At cinema did not look, but the disk has got. Looked it already 3 times . To all friends has advised. And here Tropic Thunder did not see unfortunately.
Comment by Pavel on 10/27/08 at 7:17 am: So much money it is possible to receive for film. And it would be desirable to remove any cinema too.
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Comment by Arkadiy Andreev on 10/27/08 at 7:33 am: At good film and the budget will be big.
Comment by Viktor Belov on 10/27/08 at 7:38 am: Now it is too much films which break big rolls. And it already depends only on how this film has been advertised.
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Comment by rpar on 12/10/08 at 3:39 pm: I didn’t like it much. Something is missing in the movie. Though I don’t say it’s bad. An avarage one.