The Dark Knight

• The Dark Knight is officially the biggest comic book movie of all time. — ComingSoon
• Chuck has been picked up for an additional nine episodes. — Hollywood Reporter
• Baz Luhrmann's Australia is the latest film to get a new release date, moving from Nov. 14 to Nov. 26. — Entertainment Weekly
• NBC has ordered a fourth season of America's Got Talent. — Broadcasting and Cable
• In addition to Jennifer Aniston, 30 Rock has also recruited Will Arnett to reprise his guest-starring role. — E! Online
• The Smiths are getting a new two-disc best-of compilation this Fall. — Billboard
• After SNL, Michael Phelps will also guest star on Entourage. — Entertainment Weekly

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Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder won the top spot at the box office for the second weekend in a row, earning an estimated $16.1 million. This makes Tropic Thunder, Iron Man, and The Dark Knight the only movies to have stayed at No. 1 for two consecutive weeks this Summer (so that's two major box office winners for Robert Downey Jr.!).

Following closely behind in the No. 2 spot was The House Bunny, which earned an estimated $15.1 million its first weekend out. Coming in third was the Death Race remake with about $12.3 million. In fourth place was The Dark Knight, followed by Star Wars: The Clone Wars at No. 5.

I didn't think the Rainn Wilson comedy The Rocker would do very well, but I'm surprised to see how badly it did. The comedy failed to crack the top 10 and only earned about $2.7 million.

Hamlet 2, which was all the rage at Sundance this year, had a limited release and brought in an estimated $435,294. The offbeat comedy will have a wider release this Wednesday.

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Even though Tropic Thunder is technically No. 1 this weekend, The Dark Knight is still being called the biggest winner because it is "the second highest grossing pic of all time after Titanic domestically." Ben Stiller's comedy earned an estimated $26 million while the Batman sequel took in $16.7 million and has a total gross of $471.5 million.

The rest of the top 10 was shaken up a bit as well this weekend: Star Wars: The Clone Wars came in third place, followed by the horror flick Mirrors at No. 4 and Pineapple Express rounded out the top five.

Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona opened this weekend at No. 10, and the new 3-D animated flick Fly Me to the Moon came in at No. 11.

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Even with toy cars and low-budget costumes, this kid-produced version of The Dark Knight is strangely haunting, and the actors are adorably earnest. Don't miss the tension-filled moment around 1:15, where Batman whizzes past the joker on his tricycle. (Thanks, Stupid Videos!)

Interestingly, neither a BFF movie nor a stoner action-comedy could dethrone The Dark Knight in its fourth weekend. Having already surpassed the $400 million mark in domestic ticket sales, the superhero movie pulled in another $26 million over the weekend.

According to Variety, the movie has now taken the place of Shrek 2 to "become the third highest domestic grosser of all time with a cume of $441.5 million. It’s expected to beat Star Wars in the next week before finally settling at No. 2."

Pineapple Express came in second place with $22.4 million (however, it has earned a total of $40.4 million since it opened last Wednesday), followed by The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in third, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 in fourth, and Step Brothers in fifth place.

What do you think? Will The Dark Knight score five weeks in a row at No. 1?

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• Morgan Freeman was involved in a car accident last night in Mississippi. He was driving when he may have fallen asleep at the wheel, losing control and causing his car to roll over three times. He and an unidentified female passenger were airlifted to a hospital in Memphis. A source says he is sitting up and talking. — TMZ
• Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with a non-life threatening form of breast cancer and is being treated with the expectation of a full recovery. — E! Online
• The Dark Knight maintained its top spot at the box office for a third weekend in a row, bringing in $43.8 million, while The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor came in at a close second with $42.5 million. — BuzzSugar
• Mary-Kate Olsen is refusing to speak to the FBI about Heath Ledger's death until she receives immunity from prosecution. — NY Post
• Shots were fired at an Atlanta club this weekend where Jermaine Dupri was hosting a party with guests such as Diddy, Nelly, Usher, and Gabrielle Union, and a security guard was injured after someone was charged double admission. — WSBTV
• Nikki Blonsky, her father, and America's Next Top Model contestant Bianca Golden were arrested on Wednesday after the families fought over saved seats at the airport. Bianca's mother was airlifted to a hospital. — TMZ
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For the third weekend in a row, The Dark Knight was No. 1 at the box office, narrowly beating The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor for the top spot. The Mummy earned about $42.5 million while The Dark Knight earned $43.8 million. Thanks to this win, The Dark Knight has just about crossed the $400 million line in domestic ticket sales.

Variety notes that most box office watchers had predicted this would be the weekend Batman would lose his crown, but I'm not all that surprised. The third addition to the silly action-adventure Mummy franchise failed to meet even the lowest critical expectations earning far worse reviews than the two before it.

Somewhat hilariously, Brendan Fraser now has two movies in the top five box office earners this week, as the 3-D adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth is holding strong at No. 5. So that would make him. . . a fairly hot box office commodity. Wow.

Elsewhere in the top five, Step Brothers came in third place and Mamma Mia! took fourth.

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The stars of The Dark Knight came out early in Tokyo this morning to keep the Batman mania going overseas. Christian Bale and Maggie Gyllenhaal showed off their smiles, while Aaron Eckhart looked a little serious after the big premiere last night. As usual, Christian made sure to pay homage to his dear friend Heath Ledger, saying, "I enjoyed very much our first scene together . . . because it was the first time I got to see what Heath was really going to do . . . Also, you could see how much he got [by] playing this character. He really got satisfaction out of it." With his tragic passing still fresh in our minds, it's beautiful to see that Heath is very much a part of one of the last movies he poured his heart into.

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