1. Tropic Thunder$14.6M

2. Babylon A.D.$11.5M

3. The Dark Knight$11.1M

4. The House Bunny$10.2M

5. Traitor$10.0M

6. Death Race$7.9M

7. Disaster Movie$6.9M

8. Mamma Mia!$5.4M

9. Pineapple Express$4.4M

10. Star Wars: The Clone Wars$3.8M

Baby Mama09/09

Fall, The09/09

Seed09/09

88 Minutes09/16

Love Guru, The09/16

Made of Honor09/16

Snow Angels09/16

Speed Racer09/16

Young@Heart09/16

Deception09/23

• Summer boxoffice beats weak economy

  It’s officially OK for Hollywood distribution executives to exhale. Individual studio performances aside, the industry has managed to overcome broad presummer fears that the seasonal boxoffice would mark a big decline from the record summer grosses of a year ago. In final Nielsen EDI data released Tuesday, the summer’s $4.13 billion in industrywide domestic grosses represented a modest downtick of less than 1% from year-ago tallies. Ticket-price inflation of almost 5% since last summer means seasonal admissions dropped by less than 6%. Summer ticket sales totaled 577.1 million admissions, down from 609.2 million tickets sold during summer 2007. Read More

• Ready for a darker, more tormented Superman?

  Poor Superman. His last movie was a disappointment, and now his DC Comics stablemate Batman is getting all the box office glory. But Warner Bros. has a plan, according to the Wall Street Journal, to reboot the Superman franchise, and its DC superhero properties in general. That plan, in a nutshell: Do what Marvel does. (After all, Marvel didn’t wait around too long to go back to the drawing board with a Hulkreboot.) Read More

• ‘Tropic Thunder’ Rolls Over Box-Office Competition For Second Week

  The Olympics are over, the flame has been extinguished, and the winners and losers are going home. But didn’t it feel as if it was the same people who kept winning over and over again: Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt … Robert Downey Jr.? Downey’s “Tropic Thunder” earned $16.1 million, closing the book on the summer by narrowly beating “The House Bunny” and earning its second consecutive first-place finish. Also starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Tom Cruise, the war spoof brought its overall total to a healthy $65.7 million. Thanks to “Iron Man,” it was also the fourth #1 finish for Downey in as many months. Read More

• Johnny Depp to Star in Tim Burton’a Adaptation of ‘Alice in Wonderland’

  HOLLYWOOD - There have been multiple adaptations of the mystical story Alice in Wonderland–Tim Burton is scheduled to put his spin on the classic story with his new film Alice slated for release in 2010. An unknown Australian actress has won the title role inBurton’s eagerly awaited adaptation, according to WENN. Teenager Mia Wasikowska is set to hit the big time after being picked to play the heroine in the movie version ofLewis Carroll’s classic. The director is reportedly lining up long-time muse Johnny Depp to play the Mad Hatter in the film. Read More