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Thunder Still Roars at Box Office

Posted Aug 31, 08 4:30 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Tropic Thunder kept rumbling this weekend with an $11.5 million box office score and a hold on the top spot, Variety reports. The Vin Diesel vehicle Babylon AD debuted in second with $9.5 million, while third-place Dark Knight made history as the second flick ever to bank $500 million. Filling out the top five were The House Bunny ($8.3 million) and political thriller Traitor ($7.9 million).

Sources Variety, Bloomberg

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In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Vin Diesel is shown in a scene from Babylon A.D.   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Guy Ferrandis)
The cast of Tropic Thunder.   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Merie Weismiller Wallace)
Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., and Jack Black star in "Tropic Thunder."   (MovieWeb)
Jack Black and Brandon T. Jackson open fire in "Tropic Thunder."   (MovieWeb)
In this file image originally released by Warner Bros., Heath Ledger starring as The Joker, is shown in a scene with Christian Bale, starring as Batman in The Dark Knight.   (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Stephen Vaughan)
In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Ben Stiller, left, and Robert Downey Jr. are shown in a scene from, "Tropic Thunder."   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Merie Weismiller Wallace)
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