Article: Despite hurricane, 'Tropic Thunder' holds on to top spot.(Daily Break)

By David Germain

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES

"Tropic Thunder" hauled in $14.3 million to stay on top of the box office as Hollywood's solid summer wound down sleepily, with Hurricane Gustav contributing to a slow Labor Day weekend at theaters.

The DreamWorks-Para-mount comedy was the No. 1 flick for the third-straight weekend, raising its total to $86.6 million, according to studio estimates Monday.

Debuting at No. 2 with $12 million over the four-day weekend was 20th Century Fox's sci-fi thriller "Babylon A.D.," starring Vin Diesel as a mercenary smuggling a woman into New York City in a post-apocalyptic future.

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