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07Sep2008

Box Office - Nic Cage is the 'Bangkok' of the Walk

DateSunday, September 7, 2008 at 12:12PM
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

For the weekend of July 18th, the top twelve movies at the American box office were responsible for a quarter-billion dollars of business, led by The Dark Knight's record-shattering debut. Fast forward eight weeks, and the top twelve could only manage $51 million, with the new number one movie making less than $8 million.

Bangkok Dangerous, the Asian action remake starring Nicolas Cage squeezed a little blood out of a turnip to stop Tropic Thunder's run at the top. But just barely. Based on the Sunday estimates by Box Office Mojo, Bangkok made $7.8 million this weekend, while Tropic Thunder made $7.5. Because these are estimates and not final figures, there is still a chance Tropic Thunder could win again. If so, it would mark the second straight movie to hold on to number one for a month.

The House Bunny came in third place, with just under $6 million, followed closely by The Dark Knight. Don Cheadle's espionage thriller, Traitor, continues its strong performance, with a fifth-place finish.

Although it finished out of the top ten, Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona is slowly making money. Another three weeks or so, and it should beat Match Point, at which point it would become Allen's highest grossing film since Hannah and Her Sisters over 20 years ago.

The Dark Knight is over $510 million now - $512 to be exact - and with its theater numbers starting to decline, it's becoming obvious that we'll see no miracle final month or six weeks out of the year's biggest film. So, for those of you crossing your fingers that it'll beat Titanic, it's not going to do it in this run. There's talk of IMAX re-releases, and that would certainly pad its stats, but even with that, it would take a while to be within shouting distance of that record.

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