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Article: Tropic Thunder holds on to top spot for second week
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- August 25, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright F.P. Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership Aug 25, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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By David Germain
LOS ANGELES -- The action comedy Tropic Thunder weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Paramount-DreamWorks release -- starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black as actors caught up in real battle while shooting a war movie -- raised its 12-day total to $65.7 million.
Tropic Thunder came in just ahead of Sony's campus comedy The House Bunny, which debuted in second place with $15.1 million. The House Bunny stars Anna Faris as an ostracized Playboy bunny who becomes den mother to a sorority of campus misfits.
After a run of blockbuster weekends, ...
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Article: 'Tropic Thunder' retains No. 1 spot at box office
AP Online;
September 2, 2008 ;
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...Tropic Thunder defended its position at the top of ... Tuesday by Media By Numbers LLC: 1. Tropic Thunder, Paramount, $14,602,121, 3 ... 798,337, seven weeks. 4. The House Bunny, Sony, $10,177,701, 2,714 ...
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