Thunder Shoots Bunnies Down At The Box Office
By Kellvin Chavez on August 24, 2008

The action comedy "Tropic Thunder" weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales.
The Paramount-DreamWorks release - starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black as actors caught up in real battle while shooting a war movie - raised its 12-day total to $65.7 million.
"Tropic Thunder" came in just ahead of Sony's campus comedy "The House Bunny," which debuted in second place with $15.1 million. "The House Bunny" stars Anna Faris as an ostracized Playboy bunny who becomes den mother to a sorority of campus misfits.
Universal's "Death Race" - an update of 1975's "Death Race 2000," with Jason Statham starring as a driver in a kill-or-be-killed auto race of the future - opened at No. 3 with $12.3 million.
The weekend's other new wide releases, Ice Cube's sports drama "The Longshots" and Rainn Wilson's music comedy "The Rocker," opened weakly.
"The Longshots" - an MGM-Weinstein Co. release starring Ice Cube as a former high school star coaching his niece, the first girl to play Pop Warner football - came in at No. 8 with $4.3 million.
20th Century Fox's "The Rocker," starring Wilson as an over-the-hill heavy-metal drummer who gets a chance at stardom with a high school band, took in $2.8 million to finish at No. 12.
WEEKEND TOP 10 STUDIO ESTIMATES AUGUST 22-24, 2008.
Comments
death race was aweseom Sun Aug 24 at 18:33 EST
lol i though death race was going to be #1 that movie freakin rocked. like a mix of battle royale meets FULL AUTO and TWISTED METAL. anyone see the fast and the furious 4 teaser attached to death race?
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Comme on dark knight!!! Sun Aug 24 at 17:58 EST
Maybe dark knight cant beat titanic, but maybe have the second place!!! para los que hablen espaƱol =D www.decineyotrosdemonios.blogspot.com
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