‘Tropic,’ ‘Babylon’ in dead heat at B.O.
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?Twentieth Century Fox’s Vin Diesel sci-fi actioner “Babylon A.D.” and holdover DreamWorks/Paramount comedy “Tropic Thunder” were in a dead heat as the Labor Day weekend got underway at the domestic box office.
“Babylon”grossed $3.1 million as it opened in 3,390 theaters Friday, while “Tropic Thunder” grossed $3 million. There’s a good chance that “Thunder” could pull ahead of “Babylon” for the top spot at the weekend B.O. In the midst of its third frame, “Tropic Thunder’s” cume is $75.4 million.A co-production with StudioCanal, “Babylon” opened in France on August 20, grossing close to $4 million to date.
Overall, the top 10 films Friday totaled an estimated $19.6 million, off 28% from the same day a year ago, when MGM-Dimension redux “Halloween” grossed $10.9 million on its first day and $30.6 million for the four-day weekend.
Among the holiday’s other new offerings, Overture’s Don Cheadle-Guy Pearce suspense pic “Traitor” grossed $2.17 million from 2,054 to come in No. 5 for for the day. The pic’s cume since opening Wednesday is $3.7 million.
- from Variety