People are still heading to theatres even though the new fall television season is about to start and the Presidential conventions are just getting underway. Three new films debut in the Top Ten this week even though one of them really shouldn’t have. Tropic Thunder continues to reign supreme and The Dark Knight reaches another milestone. Full numbers inside.
Credit: Box Office Mojo
Rank.) Movie Title (Distributor)
Weekend Gross (in millions) | Theaters | Total Gross (in millions) | Week #
1.) Tropic Thunder (Paramount/DreamWorks)
$11.5 million/3,473 theatres/$83.8 million/Third Week
2.) Babylon A.D. (Fox)
$9.7 million/3,390 theatres/$9.7 million/First Week
3.) The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
$8.8 million/2,750 theatres/$502.4 million/Seventh Week
4.) The House Bunny (Sony)
$8.3 million/2,714 theatres/$27.9 million/Second Week
5.) Traitor (Overture)
$7.9 million/2,054 theatres/$7.9 million/First Week
6.) Death Race (Universal)
$6.2 million/2,537 theatres/$23.1 million/First Week
7.) Disaster Movie (Lionsgate)
$6.2 million/2,642 theatres/$6.2 million/First Week
8.) Mamma Mia! (Universal)
$4.4 million/1,968 theatres/$131.5 million/Seventh Week
9.) Pineapple Express (Sony)
$3.4 million/2,047 theatres/$79.7 million/Fourth Week
10.) Vicky Cristina (MGM/Weinstein)
$3.0 million/692 theatres/$12.8 million/Third Week
Sunday Estimates – Final numbers due out Monday
