Tropic Thunder by Merie Weismiller Wallace/DreamWorks
Ben Stillers Hollywoodwar-genre satire Tropic Thunder finally unseated The Dark Knight from its perch at the top of the US box office grossing an estimated 26 million over the weekend to take the No 1 spotAccording to Variety the big-budget comedy has pulled in 37 million since its Wednesday release The Dark Knight finished second with 168 million but Christopher Nolans Batman Begins sequel became the second highest grossing flick ever domestically surpassing Star Wars with a new total of 4715 million in only 30 daysSpeaking of Star Wars George Lucas animated The Clone Wars hauled in 155 million to finish third this weekend Rounding out the Top 5 were Kiefer Sutherlands horror starrer Mirrors with 111 million and Pineapple Express which probably suffered the most from rival comedy Thunders opening falling 57 percent from last weeks opening to 10 million Adam Bryant
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