Box Office Thoughts for the Weekend of August 22, 2008

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The box office estimates for the weekend are too close to call with Tropic Thunder ($16.1M) edging out The House Bunny ($15.1M) to top the box office for the second week in a row.

As for the other new releases, Death Race opened in third with $12.3M, The Longshots opened in eighth place with $4.3M, and The Rocker was way down in twelfth place with $2.8M.

Hamlet 2, which opened in limited release, opened in 22nd place with $435K. The number should go up when the film expands next week.

In other news, The Dark Knight made another $10.3M and the film is now a little over $10M away from breaking the $500M mark.

And that’s the box office thoughts for the week.

Sean Patrick Kelly

Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.