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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 …
RANK
CONSOLE
USAGE
MINUTES % *
1
PlayStation 2
31.5
2
Xbox 360
16.8
3
Wii
15.0
4
Xbox
8.7
5
PlayStation 3
7.8
6
GameCube
4.0
7
Other**
16.2
Source: The Nielsen Company (July 1, 2008 – July 31, 2008)
*Usage Minutes % is the percent of all measured console minutes.
**”Other” consists of any other console systems found in the home
RANK
GAME TITLE
PUBLISHER
AU% *
AVERAGE
MINUTES
PLAYED
PER WEEK
TMP% **
1
World of Warcraft
Blizzard Entertainment
0.871
892
18.058
2
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Activision
0.213
560
4.431
3
Diablo II
Blizzard Entertainment
0.150
359
3.109
4
Halo: Combat Evolved
Microsoft Game Studios
0.135
367
2.782
5
Age of Conan – Hyborian Adventures
Funcom
0.118
746
2.442
6
Sims 2, The
Electronic Arts Inc.
0.108
334
2.228
7
Team Fortress 2
Valve
0.107
590
2.222
8
Counter-Strike: Source
Valve
0.098
703
2.033
9
Grand Theft Auto
ASC Games
0.095
405
1.983
10
Warcraft III (Unspecified)
Blizzard Entertainment
0.091
638
1.907
Source: The Nielsen Company (July 1, 2008 – July 31, 2008)
*AU% is the percent of PC Gamers playing title in the average minute.
**Overall TMP% is the percent of total minutes played as compared to all PC games measured.




