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Article: 'Tropic Thunder' keeps ahead of the pack.(News)

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August 25, 2008
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"Tropic Thunder," a spoof of big- budget Hollywood action movies, remained the top film at U.S. and Canadian theaters, collecting $16.1 million in weekend ticket sales for Viacom Inc.s DreamWorks SKG studio.

"Tropic Thunder," starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black, helped Viacom narrow the $200 million lead held by Time Warner Inc. in 2008 domestic ticket sales before this weekend, according to researcher Box Office Mojo LLC. The movie, with a $92 million production budget, has taken in $65.7 million in sales since its Aug. 13 release, Media By Numbers said.

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