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Box Office Review: The Dark Knight (Still) Dominates

By  Zach Behrens
Published Aug 3, 2008 11:00 PM
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Talk about a super blockbuster, The Dark Knight continues to come in at number one in weekend box office returns ($43.8 million) after its third weekend, but The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor came in close at second ($42.4 million). Rounding out the top five are Step Brothers ($16.2 million), Mamma Mia! ($13.1 million) and Journey to the Center of the Earth ($6.9 million).

Making the bottom five of the top ten is Swing Vote ($6.3 million), Hancock ($5.2 million), Wall-E ($4.7 million), The X-Files: I Want to Believe ($3.4 million) and Space Chimps ($2.8 million).