WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES, AUGUST 22-24, 2008 Rank. Movie Title (Distributor) Weekend Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Week #

1. Tropic Thunder (Paramount (DreamWorks)) $16.1 million | 3,352 | $65.7 million | 2

2. The House Bunny (Sony / Columbia) $15.1 million | 2,714 | $15.1 million | 1

3. Death Race (Universal) $12.3 million | 2,532 | $12.3 million | 1

4. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) $10.3 million | 3,163 | $489.2 million | 6

5. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Warner Bros.) $5.7 million | 3,452 | $25.0 million | 2

Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)

Wow, this played out exactly like I hoped. Tropic Thunder deserves a second week at the top, House Bunny definitely had enough laughs and clearly appealed to more than just girls. Death Race ... should have been much better.

So far, The Dark Knight has $489 million. What's amazing is that Titanic's opening weekend was $28 million, Dark was $158 million.