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Article: 'Tropic Thunder' rumbles past 'The Dark Knight' with $26M

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LOS ANGELES -- It took four of Hollywood's biggest stars to take down Batman.

The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy "Tropic Thunder" -- with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jack Black and Tom Cruise -- debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, bumping "The Dark Knight" to second place after four weekends on top, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Warner Bros. Batman flick pulled in $16.8 million to raise its total to $471.5 million. "The Dark Knight" passed the original "Star Wars" ($461 million) and now stands as No. 2 on the all-time domestic charts, behind only "Titanic" ($600.8 million).

Taking inflation into account, "The Dark Knight" trails both movies in actual tickets sold, however. "The ...

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