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'Tropic Thunder' hangs on at No. 1 | The House Bunny | Box Office Report | Movies | Entertainment Weekly
'Tropic Thunder' hangs on at No. 1 | The House Bunny | Box Office Report | Movies | Entertainment Weekly
Facing generally weak competition from a slew of low-buzz new releases and strong opposition from the waning days of the Beijing Summer Olympics , Tropic Thunder eked out a repeat win at the box office this weekend, while The House Bunny was an impressive No. 2 and Death Race ran out of gas. In a turn of events that I should have seen coming , Ben Stiller's action satire grossed a very nice ...
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The Fred Durst-directed film The Longshots ... [At The Movies]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — ... , but guess what, suckers? Audiences loved it, giving it an A according to post-screening polls conducted by CinemaScore. This could have been the result of the movie's self-selected audience pool—the flick, which stars Ice Cube and Keke Palmer, was No. 8 at the box office over the weekend after grossing $4.3 million—or it could just be yet another sign that "loathed by The Man, loved by the common man" is Durst's favorite method of rebellion. [EW] ...

Box Office Challenge: This time around, the hare finishes second.
PopWatch — ... , last week was more like a gold mine. Said competitor, "imgladhesrich," fared best in a frame that tripped up many: While a slew of low-buzz movies bowed, each with a fair shot at taking top prize, it was Tropic Thunder ...

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