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FINAL TRACKING: 'Tropic Thunder' Targets $45M 5-Day; 'Clone Wars' Likely No. 2 with $20M-$23M; 'The Dark Knight' Falls to Third Place; 'Mirrors' Looking at $10M-$13M!
news.fantasymoguls.com - 8/13/2008
FINAL TRACKING: 'Tropic Thunder' Targets $45M 5-Day; 'Clone Wars' Likely No. 2 with $20M-$23M; 'The Dark Knight' Falls to Third Place; 'Mirrors' Looking at $10M-$13M!
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A well-placed studio source told me this week that there's probably only one "big-time" movie remaining on the release schedule for August, and, no surprise, it is Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks/Paramount). With a highly anticipated performance from Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. and a buzzed-about, scene-stealing turn by Tom Cruise, Thunder has been everybody's sure-fire late ...

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Gawker: defamer — ... Hints abound today that the wheels may be coming off the souped-up Dark Knight bandwagon — and not just at the box office, where some estimates have Tropic Thunder usurping the top spot this weekend. TDK's sweeping cultural influence may be in jeopardy as well, with its ...

Developing: 'Tropic Thunder' Opens Poorly?
RopeofSilicon.com — This is a developing story and I will be updating it as more information is made available. The headline will change to say "Update" once new information is published. Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls picked ...

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