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.

1	Tropic Thunder	$26.0 M
2	The House Bunny	$16.8 M
3	Death Race	$15.5 M
4	The Dark Knight	$11.1 M
5	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	$10.0 M
6	Pineapple Express	$8.6 M
7	Mirrors	$6.5 M
8	The Longshots	$5.9 M
9	Momma Mia	$5.0 M
10	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	$3.7 M

Source:Box Office Mojo

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  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?

  Author: !_! | Permalink

• 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 español =D www.decineyotrosdemonios.blogspot.com

  Author: gainax | Permalink

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