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LOS ANGELES - The Ben Stiller comedy "Tropic Thunder" was the most-watched movie across North American over the long US Labor Day weekend, but it was "The Dark Knight" that made news by breaking the 500-million-dollar mark, industry figures showed Sunday.
Stiller's movie-within-a-movie, about a group of actors shooting a war film in the middle of a real-life conflict zone, scooped 14.3 million dollars from Friday to Monday in the United States and Canada, totaling 86.6 million since its opening, according to preliminary figures by box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
But the week's highlight was reigning summer blockbuster "The Dark Knight," which earned a third place take of 11.02 million dollars, pushing its total domestic haul to 504.7 million. The the Batman sequel is only the second film in history - after James Cameron's "Titanic" - to top the half-billion-dollar mark.
Debuting at second place was Babylon A.D., a sci-fi action thriller starring Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh which earned 12 million dollars.
Slipping two places to fourth with 10.5 million was the comedy "The House Bunny," about an ousted Playboy bunny who becomes the house mother at a dysfunctional college sorority.
Fifth with 10 million dollars was another debut, "Traitor," a war-on-terror epic featuring Don Cheadle as a former US Special Ops officer and potential international conspirator.
"Death Race," a futuristic action-adventure flick starring Jason Statham as an ex-convict forced to compete against prison inmates in a brutal, freedom-or-death car race, raked in 8.2 million dollars for sixth place.
Debuting at seventh with 7 million was the natural disaster spoof "Disaster Movie," about a band of bunglers struggling to survive as the world comes to an end. The ill-timed film opened as the US Gulf Coast faces the imminent wrath of Hurricane Gustav.
Holding on to eight place was the Abba musical remake "Mamma Mia!" with 5.8 million dollars, for a total seven-week take of 132.9 million, followed by marijuana comedy "Pineapple Express," starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, which earned 4.5 million.
Rounding out the top 10 was Woody Allen's latest film, the romantic comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," with 3.5 million. - AFP/ra
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