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Top 10 Movies
1. Four Christmases $46.7M
2. Twilight $39.5M
3. Bolt

$36M

4. Quantam of Solace

$28.1M

5. Australia $20M
6. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $19.6M
7. Transporter 3 $18.5M
8. Role Models $7.81M
9. The Boys in the Striped Pyjamas

$2.19M

10. Milk

$1.87M

Weekend: Nov. 21st - 23rd
"M" = Million
Source: Associated Press


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Bryan | College Station
New Number 1 at Box Office Save Email Print
Posted: 5:49 PM Aug 17, 2008
Last Updated: 6:00 PM Aug 17, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press

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Four of Hollywood's biggest stars have taken down Batman.

"Tropic Thunder," with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise, debuted at number one at the box office this
weekend, taking in 26 million dollars.

According to studio estimates, the comedy bumped "The Dark
Knight" to second place after four weekends on top.

The Batman sequel pulled in 16.8 million dollars to raise its total to 471.5
million.

The animated tale "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," opened at number three with 15.5 million.

The horror tale "Mirrors," starring Kiefer Sutherland as a security guard whose family is terrorized by spirits, opened at number four with 11.1 million.

"Pineapple Express," grabbed fifth place with 10 million.

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Posted by: betty Location: bryan on Aug 18, 2008 at 09:34 AM
Thanks to all that advertising from the Down Syndrome Association.

Posted by: HaHa Location: BCS on Aug 17, 2008 at 06:18 PM
That's funny. People were getting their panties in a wad about this movie and waging war...telling people to boycott the movie. Things like that usually backfire because basic human nature makes us want to see what is forbidden. Learn to keep quiet next time!

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