Washington
(ANI):
Dream
Works'
big-budget
film
Tropic
Thunder
topped
the
weekend
box
office,
knocking
The
Dark
Knight
out
of
the
number
one
spot
after
it
reigned
in
theatres
for
more
than
one
month.
According
to
studio
estimates,
the
comedy
starring
Ben
Stiller,
Robert
Downey
Jr.
and
Jack
Black
takes
in
an
estimated
26
million
dollars,
reports
E!
Online.
The
latest
Batman
film
may
have
slipped
to
the
second
place,
with
an
earning
of
16.8
million
dollars,
but
it
broke
yet
another
commercial
barrier
along
the
way
by
becoming
the
second
highest
grossing
film
ever.
An
animated
George
Lucas
production
called
Star
Wars:
The
Clone
Wars
opened
in
third
place
this
weekend
with
some
15.5
million
dollars.
Mirrors,
a
20th
Century
Fox
horror
tale
about
a
security
guard
whose
family
is
terrorized
by
spirits,
opened
at
number
four
with
11.1
million
dollars
over
the
weekend.
Rounding
off
the
top
five
was
Pineapple
Express
with
10
million
dollars.
The
top
ten
films
at
the
weekend
box
office
are:
1.
Tropic
Thunder,
$26
million
2.
The
Dark
Knight,
$16.8
million
3.
Star
Wars:
The
Clone
Wars,
$15.5
million
4.
Mirrors,
$11.1
million
5.
Pineapple
Express,
$10
million
6.
The
Mummy:
Tomb
of
the
Dragon
Emperor,
$8.6
million
7.
Mamma
Mia!,
$6.5
million
8.
The
Sisterhood
of
the
Traveling
Pants
2,
$5.9
million
9.
Step
Brothers,
$5
million
10.
Vicky
Cristina
Barcelona,
$3.7
million