Weekend Movie Earnings - August 15 - 17, 2008

The mighty Batman has finally fallen. After four weeks at the top of the box office it took a trio of stars in “Tropic Thunder” to end TDK’s rule. Bringing in just $26 million “Tropic” took over the top spot while Batman still beat out Lucas’ flop “The Clone Wars.”

Overall it was a pretty weak box office weekend with just half of the top ten movies breaking the $10 million mark. Could this be the end of the summer blockbusters? Looks like it so far.

Domestic box office movie earnings this weekend, August 15 - 17, 2008:

1. “Tropic Thunder” $26.0 million [$37.0M total]
2. “The Dark Knight” $16.7 million [$471.5M total]
3. “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” $15.5 million [$15.5M total]
4. “Mirrors” $11.1 million [$11.1M total]
5. “Pineapple Express” $10.0 million [$62.9M total]
6. “Mummy 3″ $8.6 million [$86.6M total]
7. “Mamma Mia!” $6.4 million [$116.4M total]
8. “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2″ $5.9 million [$32.1M total]
9. “Step Brothers” $5.0 million [$90.8M total]
10. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” $3.7 million [$3.7M total]