Weekend Top 10 Box Office Final — September 5-7, 2008

All totals are U.S. box office only. SF and genre-related films in bold.

“The Dark Knight” pulls out late Sunday night and recaptures 3rd place from “The House Bunny,” taking the Batman’s figures to nearly $512 million for an eight week total. “Tropic Thunder” still shows strong after three weeks and nears the $100 million mark.

Title (Dist.)….Reported Weekend Box Office….# of Engagements….Cumulative since debut

1. Bangkok Dangerous (Lionsgate)….$7,783,266….2,650….$7,783,266

2. Tropic Thunder (Dreamworks/Paramount)….$7,230,710….3,446….$96,541,629

3. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)….$5,515,119….2,575….$511,997,658

4. The House Bunny (Sony)….$5,512,870….2,736….$36,611,667

5. Traitor (Overture Films)….$4,274,297….2,108….$17,265,872

6. Babylon A.D. (20th Century Fox)….$4,180,570….3,425….$17,378,536

7. Death Race (Universal)….$3,710,915….2,586….$29,909,125

8. Disaster Movie (Lionsgate)….$3,031,307….2,642….$10,602,140

9. Mamma Mia! (Universal)….$2,855,945….1,904….$136,440,050

10. Pineapple Express (Sony)….$2,255,875….1,802….$84,013,748

Data provided by Rentrak