Box Office Weekend

August 17th, 2008 in Action, Actors, Adventure, Box Office, Fun/Entertainment, Movie News, Top 5 List, Top Ten List

Tropic Thunder took the top box office draw this weekend taking in an estimated $26 million with a five-day opening total of $37 million. It’s an R-rated film, which means the bulk of the audience is over 25 - that’s quite a draw.

Batman sequel The Dark Knight became the second highest grossing movie of all time domestically, passing up the original Star Wars. The Batman movie took in an estimated $16.8 million with a total of $471.5 million in just 30 days.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which opened to an estimated $15.5 million, came in third.  

Mirrors being a horror film, the only one currently, took that market and the number four spot with $11.1 million.

Vicky Cristinia Barcelona opened in only 692 screens took the number ten spot with an estimated $3.7 million.

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  1. The Daily Wrap Up - Specs, reviews and prices. Says:

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  2. Michael Llaneza Says:

    And the Consumer Price Index is up about 30% just since 1997. Star Wars is still the king when it comes to the only figure anyone who doesn’t have points on the film cares about: butts in seats.

    Box Office Mojo has a handy chart. Ticket prices averaged $2.23 in 1977, $4.59 in ‘97 for Titanic and an estimated $7.08 for this year. Star Wars got its money with substantially cheaper tickets than either Titanic or Dark Knight. And it is right that it is so.

    http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/adjuster.htm

  3. Kenna Says:

    Michael,

    While I was writing this article on the box office tally, I had the same thought. Prices were a lot lesser back when the original Star Wars appeared on the silver screen for the first time.

    That says a lot for Star Wars still today. Thanks for sharing your link, too.

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