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news.yahoo.com - 8/18/2008
"Tropic Thunder" beats Batman at the box office (Reuters)
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Reuters - Robert Downey Jr. scored his second No. 1 movie of the summer on Sunday as Hollywood spoof "Tropic Thunder," which also stars Ben Stiller and Jack Black, ended the month long reign of "The Dark Knight" atop the North American box office.

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Tropic Thunder Dethrones Dark Knight
Evil Beet Gossip — ... Despite a weak opening day, Tropic Thunder came back, fighting off both Michael Phelps and Batman to take the weekend’s top box office spot with a $26M weekend take. This is now Robert Downey Jr.’s second number one movie of the summer. Hey, Bob, aren’t you glad you’re sober instead of dead right now? The Dark Knight came in second, after four weeks at the top. The film has grossed over $471M in domestic ticket sales thus far. This entry was posted on Sunday, August 17th, 2008 at 6:47 pm and is filed under ...

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