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"August 22-24, 2008 Movie Box Office"
"Tropic Thunder" #1
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On Friday, its first day in movie theaters, the Anna Faris comedy "The House Bunny" scored big time at movie houses, nationwide, to secure the #1 spot at the movie box office. However, overall, "Tropic Thunder" won the race at the movie box office for a second weekend in a row, coming in at #1 with $16.1 million; $1 million more than "The House Bunny" hopped away with. "Death Race," a new release this weekend, came in at #3 with just over $12 million. All other new movie releases this weekend performed poorly at the movie box office, including; "Hamlet 2," "The Longshots" and "The Rocker."

Below, the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office August 22-24, 2008

1 Tropic Thunder - $16,100,000 - 3,352 Theaters - $4,803 Per Screen - Gross $65,668,000

2 The House Bunny - 2,714 Theaters - $5,563 Per Screen - NEW $15,100,000

3 Death Race - 2,532 Theaters - $4,855 Per Screen - NEW $12,293,000

4 The Dark Knight - $10,305,000 - 3,163 Theaters - $3,257 Per Screen - Gross $489,179,000

5 Star Wars: The Clone Wars - $5,660,000 - 3,452 Theaters - $1,639 Per Screen - Gross $24,998,000

6 Pineapple Express - $5,600,000 - 2,620 Theaters - $2,137 Per Screen - Gross $73,928,000

7 Mirrors - $4,875,000 - 2,664 Theaters - $1,829 Per Screen - Gross $20,075,000

8 The Longshots - 2,089 Theaters - $2,060 Per Screen - NEW $4,304,000

9 Mamma Mia: The Movie - $4,303,000 - 2,326 Theaters - $1,849 Per Screen - Gross $124,458,000

10 The Mummy 3 - $4,069,000 - 2,422 Theaters - $1,680 Per Screen - Gross $93,812,000

11 Vicky Cristina Barcelona - $3,003,000 - 692 Theaters - $4,339 Per Screen - Gross $8,569,000

12 The Rocker - $2,750,000 - 2,784 Theaters - $987 Per Screen - NEW $3,800,000*

13 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - $2,745,000 - 2,170 Theaters - $1,264 Per Screen - Gross $38,257,000

14 Step Brothers - $2,300,000 - 1,639 Theaters - $1,403 Per Screen - Gross $95,584,000

15 Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D - $2,210,000 - 1,051 Theaters - $2,102 Per Screen - Gross $91,893,000

16 Fly Me to the Moon 3D - $1,435,000 - 540 Theaters - $2,657 Per Screen - Gross $4,185,000

17 Walle - $905,000 - 785 Theaters - $1,152 Per Screen - Gross $216,191,000

18 Bottle Shock - $720,000 - 324 Theaters - $2,222 Per Screen - Gross $1,740,000

19 Hancock - $630,000 - 588 Theaters - $1,071 Per Screen - Gross $226,344,000

20 Kung Fu Panda - $561,000 - 437 Theaters - $1,283 Per Screen - Gross $212,667,000

21 Elegy - $502,000 - 92 Theaters - $5,456 Per Screen - Gross $749,000

22 Hamlet 2 - 103 Theaters - $4,223 Per Screen - NEW $435,000

23 Brideshead Revisited - $433,000 - 444 Theaters - $975 Per Screen - Gross $5,491,000

* Opened Wednesday 20 August

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