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"August 15-17, 2008 Movie Box Office"
"Tropic Thunder" #1
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"The Dark Knight" is #1 no more. Ben Stiller's somewhat controversial action comedy "Tropic Thunder" blasted into first place at the weekend movie box office with $26 million. However, no other new movies this weekend, and there were more than a handful, could prevent "The Dark Knight" from slipping only to #2. Since its July 18th release, "The Dark Knight" has grossed $472 million - making it the second highest grossing movie of all time, behind "Titanic." In the #3 spot rests George Lucas's animated movie, "Star Wars: Clone Wars." At #4, the Kiefer Sutherland horror film "Mirrors." Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," the movie starring Oscar winner Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz, who engage in a ménage à trois, came in at #10, but with a very high per screen average. The 3D animated "Fly Me To The Moon" did much better than expected, coming in at #12 at the movie box office with $2 million, in less than 500 theaters.

Below, the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office August 15-17, 2008

1 Tropic Thunder - $26,000,000 - 3,319 Theaters - $7,833 Per Screen - NEW $37,033,000*

2 The Dark Knight - $16,790,000 - 3,590 Theaters - $4,676 Per Screen - Gross $471,493,000

3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars - 3,452 Theaters - $4,491 Per Screen - NEW $15,505,000

4 Mirrors - 2,664 Theaters - $4,176 Per Screen - NEW $11,125,000

5 Pineapple Express - $10,000,000 - 3,072 Theaters - $3,255 Per Screen - Gross $62,932,000

6 The Mummy 3 - $8,609,000 - 3,363 Theaters - $2,559 Per Screen - Gross $86,649,000

7 Mamma Mia: The Movie - $6,498,000 - 2,771 Theaters - $2,345 Per Screen - Gross $116,415,000

8 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - $5,930,000 - 2,714 Theaters - $2,184 Per Screen - Gross $32,147,000

9 Step Brothers - $5,000,000 - 2,648 Theaters - $1,888 Per Screen - Gross $90,888,000

10 Vicky Cristina Barcelona - $3,710,000 - 692 Theaters - $5,361 Per Screen - NEW $3,710,000

11 Journey to the Center of the Earth - $3,455,000 - 1,405 Theaters - $2,459 Per Screen - Gross $88,110,000

12 Fly Me to the Moon 3D - 452 Theaters - $4,424 Per Screen - NEW $2,000,000

13 Walle - $1,840,000 - 1,403 Theaters - $1,311 Per Screen - Gross $214,134,000

14 Hancock - $1,800,000 - 1,277 Theaters - $1,409 Per Screen - Gross $225,102,000

15 Swing Vote - $1,166,000 - 1,281 Theaters - $910 Per Screen - Gross $14,716,000

16 Space Chimps - $822,000 - 768 Theaters - $1,070 Per Screen - Gross $27,607,000

17 Henry Poole Is Here - 527 Theaters - $1,518 Per Screen - NEW $800,000

18 Brideshead Revisited - $746,000 - 501 Theaters - $1,489 Per Screen - Gross $4,656,000

19 Hellboy 2 - $564,000 - 484 Theaters - $1,165 Per Screen - Gross $74,639,000

20 Bottle Shock - $406,000 - 117 Theaters - $3,470 Per Screen - Gross $850,000

NEW IN LIMITED RELEASE

A Girl Cut in Two - 2 Theaters - $9,750 Per Screen - NEW $19,500

* Opened Wednesday 6 August

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