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Article: 'Tropic' storm brewing at B.O.(Tropic Thunder)(box office)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- August 13, 2008
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After four weekends at the top, "The Dark Knight" may finally get washed out of first place.
DreamWorks and Paramount's big-budget comedy "Tropic Thunder" opens at 3,3t9 playdates on Wednesday and has a good shot at staying No. 1 through the weekend.
Studio is looking for the Hollywood sendup, which stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr., to at least match the overall five-day take of last week's "Pineapple Express" at $41.3 million.
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"Thunder" cost $90 million (after allowing for extensive tax rebates), however, compared with just $27 million for "Pineapple Express" giving DreamWorks substantially ...