http://www.buzzsugar.com en Copyright 1976-2012 Sugar Inc. All rights reserved. http://media3.onsugar.com/v828/static/imgs/feeds/logos/buzzsugar.jpg http://www.buzzsugar.com http://www.buzzsugar.com/Box-Office-News-2008-09-01-130050-1907227 <a href="http://www.buzzsugar.com/Box-Office-News-2008-09-01-130050-1907227"><img width=160 height=114 src='http://media3.onsugar.com/files/upl1/1/13839/33_2008/Tropic-1.large.jpg' /></a><p><span class="inline left"></span><br /> Labor Day weekend officially signals the close of the Summer box office season, and this year's ended on, as <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117991405.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1" onclick="trackOutboundLink('###CATEGORY###', 'www.variety.com/article/VR1117991405.html', '###LABEL###')" target="_blank">Variety described it</a>, "a whimper" as opposed to a bang. <a href="http://buzzsugar.com/tag/Tropic+Thunder" onclick="trackOutboundLink('###CATEGORY###', 'buzzsugar.com/tag/Tropic+Thunder', '###LABEL###')" >Tropic Thunder</a> landed in the top spot for the third weekend in a row, pulling in an estimated $14.3 million over four days. The second spot went to <a href="http://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=BdEqeFzO8SLOQKILosAOlk_WtA7Lf5VrKm4PnCIH_5R6gwh4IABABGAEguVQ4AFCSnPGeBmDJ9viGyKOgGcgBAcgCppCTBtkDKC5XWRMWVP4&amp;sig=AGiWqtwmymj9nJhArhmD91958z4YgmmBug&amp;q=http://www.babylonadmovie.com/" onclick="trackOutboundLink('###CATEGORY###', 'www.google.com/aclk', '###LABEL###')" target="_blank">Babylon A.D.</a> which earned an estimated $12 million. <a href="http://buzzsugar.com/tag/The+Dark+Knight" onclick="trackOutboundLink('###CATEGORY###', 'buzzsugar.com/tag/The+Dark+Knight', '###LABEL###')" >The Dark Knight</a> came in at No. 3, surpassing the $500 million mark on Sunday.</p> <p><a href="http://buzzsugar.com/tag/Traitor" onclick="trackOutboundLink('###CATEGORY###', 'buzzsugar.com/tag/Traitor', '###LABEL###')" >Traitor</a> starring <a class="sugar_inline_link" title="Latest photos and news for Don Cheadle" href="http://www.buzzsugar.com/Don-Cheadle" target="_blank">Don Cheadle</a> and Guy Pearce opened this weekend and came in fifth place with $10 million, just behind <a href="http://buzzsugar.com/tag/The+House+Bunny" onclick="trackOutboundLink('###CATEGORY###', 'buzzsugar.com/tag/The+House+Bunny', '###LABEL###')" >The House Bunny</a>, which came in No. 4 with $10.2 million.</p> <p>Photos courtesy of <a href="http://www.paramount.com/" onclick="trackOutboundLink('###CATEGORY###', 'www.paramount.com/', '###LABEL###')" target="_blank">Paramount Pictures</a></p> http://www.buzzsugar.com/Box-Office-News-2008-09-01-130050-1907227#comment Movies Box Office The Dark Knight box office news Tropic Thunder The House Bunny Traitor Babylon AD Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:00:50 PDT BuzzSugar http://www.buzzsugar.com/Box-Office-News-2008-09-01-130050-1907227