“Tropic Thunder” topped the box office charts for a third straight weekend, earning approximately $14.6 million to close the summer movie season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Babylon A.D.” claimed second place, taking in approximately $11.5 million over the weekend, and “The Dark Knight” finished a close third with approximately 11.1 million. 
Below are last weekend’s box-office totals from Nielsen EDI, as of Monday, September 1, 2008.

RANK
FILM
STUDIO
WEEKEND
GROSS

1
Tropic Thunder
DREAMWORKS / PARAMOUNT
$14,602,121
$86.9

2
Babylon A.D.
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
$11,541,571
$11.5

3
The Dark Knight
WARNER BROS.
$11,127,290
$504.8

4
The House Bunny
SONY PICTURES
$10,177,701
$29.7

5
Traitor
OVERTURE FILMS
$10,006,327
$11.5

6
Death Race
UNIVERSAL
$7,889,755
$24.7

7
Disaster Movie
LIONSGATE
$6,945,535
$6.9

8
Mamma Mia!
UNIVERSAL
$5,421,815
$132.5

9
Pineapple Express
SONY PICTURES
$4,448,782
$80.8

10
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
WARNER BROS.
$3,764,410
$30.7

Source: The Hollywood Reporter / …

The comedy “Tropic Thunder” took in an estimated $25.8 million over the weekend, knocking “The Dark Knight” down to second place after four weekends of top box office results, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 
“Dark Knight” took in an estimated $16.4 million over the weekend to raise the film’s overall gross to $471.1 million, surpassing the original “Star Wars” ($461 million) to secure second place in all-time box office rankings – behind “Titanic”.
Below are last weekend’s box-office totals from Nielsen EDI as of Sunday, August 17th. 

RANK
FILM
STUDIO
WEEKEND
 GROSS

1
Tropic Thunder
DREAMWORKS / PARAMOUNT
$25,812,796
$36.8

2
The Dark Knight
WARNER BROS.
$16,379,293
$471.1

3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
WARNER …

“The Dark Knight” took in an estimated $26.1 million over the weekend to finish first at The Box Office for the fourth straight weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 
The comedy “Pineapple Express” landed in second place for its opening weekend, raking in an estimated $23.2 million.
Below are last weekend’s box-office totals from Nielsen EDI as of Sunday, August 10th. 

RANK
FILM
STUDIO
WEEKEND
GROSS

1
The Dark Knight
WARNER BROS.
$26,117,030
$441.6

2
Pineapple Express
SONY PICTURES
$23,245,025
$41.3

3
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
UNIVERSAL
$16,490,970
$71.0

4
The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 2
WARNER BROS.
$10,678,430
$19.6

5
Step Brothers
SONY PICTURES
$9,128,662
$81.1

6
Mamma Mia!
UNIVERSAL
$8,208,580
$104.1

7
Journey to the Center of the Earth
WARNER BROS.
$4,871,478
$81.8

8
Hancock
SONY PICTURES
$3,317,450
$221.7

9
Wall-E
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
$3,140,083
$210.2

10
Swing Vote
WALT DISNEY …

“The Dark Knight” has climbed past $400 million in just 18 days, hitting the mark faster than any film ever, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 
The film should pass the $403.7 million tally of ”Spider-Man” today, which would move it up to seventh on the all-time box office charts.  It would also make the film the top-grossing comic-book adaptation of all time.
Below are last weekend’s box-office totals from Nielsen EDI as of Sunday, August 3rd, as well as a full weekend box-office wrap-up from The Hollywood Reporter.

RANK
FILM
STUDIO
WEEKEND
GROSS

1
The Dark Knight
WARNER BROS.
$42,664,219
$393.8

2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
UNIVERSAL
$40,457,770
$40.5

3
Step Brothers
SONY PICTURES
$16,506,526
$63.2

4
Mamma …

In the nine weeks leading up to its release, “The Dark Knight” had almost twice as much television advertising (2,401 units) as “Batman Begins” (1,287 units), according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
The strong advertising push for “Dark Knight” may have contributed to the film’s record-breaking opening weekend.  “Dark Knight” earned $158.4 million last weekend, while “Batman Begins” took in just $46.9 million in its first weekend.
Nielsen’s data included TV advertising units for approximately nine weeks leading up to the release of both films: May 9, 2008 – July 6, 2008 (”The Dark Knight”) and April 3, 2005 …