Film	Weekend	Change from Last Weekend	Total
1. Tropic Thunder	$11.5 million	-29.3%	$83.83 million
2. Babylon A.D.	$9.5 million	N/A	$9.5 million
3. The Dark Knight	$8.6 million	-18.3%	$502.28 million
4. The House Bunny	$8.3 million	-42.9%	$27.85 million
5. Traitor	$7.8 million	N/A	$9.3 million
6. Death Race	$6.29 million	-50.1%	$23.14 million
7. Disaster Movie	$5.7 million	N/A	$5.7 million
8. Mamma Mia!	$4.35 million	+1.0%	$131.45 million
9. Pineapple Express	$3.5 million	-35.8%	$79.88 million
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona	$2.8 million	-6.6%	$12.59 million

To everyone in the country who refused to see Disaster Movie over the long holiday weekend, I salute you and owe you a beer.  Read on for the analysis of this weekend's numbers.

The last hastily slapped together piece of junk from Disaster Movie helmers Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, Meet the Spartans, opened at number one with over $18 million.  The fact that Disaster Movie barely got over $5 million this past weekend is a good sign that America has developed some brain cells.  I thought the evil directorial duo were destined for another number one hit, but I guess no one cares to see a fake Hannah Montana get crushed with an asteroid.

Tropic Thunder has now outgrossed its biggest comedy competition, Pineapple Express, but that's not really an accomplishment.  Pineapple has a budget of $27 million while Tropic's is $92 million, meaning that the Apatow crew is rolling in extra cash while Stiller and company will struggle to make a profit.  It's sad, but true.

Along with Mamma Mia!, The House Bunny is one of the sleeper hits of the summer.  It's now earned back its $25 million budget, proving that I'm one of the only people tired of seeing Anna Faris act like a moron.  Babylon A.D., which is a film so bad even its director hates it, will not be considered a hit, sleeper or otherwise.  Vin Diesel's sci-fi debacle pulled in a measly $9 million, leaving it a long, long way from its $70 million budget.

The fact that Death Race only fell 50 percent is good news for hack-tastic director Paul W.S. Anderson, but it's still not a hit by any stretch of the imagination.  Traitor opened with a decent $7.8 million, which means some people love to see a great actor slum it in a generic spy thriller.  Are you wondering where the weekend's other big release, College, is?  It's way, way down at number 15, where it earned a sad $2.1 million.  I guess American Idol's Kevin Covais can't be considered a movie star.

The only wide release this upcoming weekend is the Nicolas Cage crapfest Bangkok Dangerous, so look for Tropic Thunder to enjoy its fourth weekend at number one.


- Don Williams, BuddyTV Staff Writer
Source: Box Office Mojo