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The Dark Knight has finally toppled from its top spot at the box office to second place this past weekend. Estimates show that Robert Downey Jr.’s latest summer release, Tropic Thunder, has come out on top with aproximately $26 million in earnings. The Dark Knight had reigned supreme at the box office for over a month, and it is now the second highest grossest movie ever, as it passed Star Wars VI: A New Hope with its earnings this weekend. Another Star Wars feature also hit theaters this weekend as The Clone Wars, an animated feature from George Lucas, came in third place just behind The Dark Knight with approximately $15 million in earnings.Another new release this weekend, Mirrors, also did well for itself with about $11 million in earnings at the box office.

Tropic Thunder’s release was surrounded by trouble. Talk of a boycott and many wondering about Downey Jr.’s going black in this feature had many wondering if people would even go see the movie at all. They did though. Just enough to bring down Batman. A third Dark Knight is still up in the air as many fans debate just what villain Christopher Nolan will bring forward for another installment. Names thrown around at the moment include Angelina Jolie for Catwoman, Johnny Depp and a few others. I would love to see another installment here with Christian Bale. The Dark Knight was definitely better than Batman Begins, and I’d be interested to see who they would bring in for the third. The Dark Knight is still going strong. Even with its second place finish in the U.S., it topped the international box office again. Worldwide box office totals are around $800 million.

As for this week’s upcoming releases, Death Race is the big movie set to hit theaters this week, while on DVD we will see Prom Night and Street Kings hit store shelves. As for television series hitting DVD, the fall season’s pending return is showing many television series hit store shelves. Fans of Gossip Girl, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dexter can all pick up last season’s DVD box sets this week. As for new CD’s, last week was light, but this week is making it up for it with a number of new releases including music from the Goo Goo Dolls and Staind. For a full list of releases, check after the cut.

Theaters

August 20
The Rocker

August 22
Cthulhu
Death Race
Hamlet 2
The House Bunny
The Longshots
Wild Child

DVD

Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds (G)
Prom Night (PG-13)
Street Kings (R)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (PG-13)
The Life Before Her Eyes (R)

August 19
Adventures of Sir Lancelot, The The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Are You Afraid of The Dark? Season 7
Dexter The Complete 2nd Season
Galaxy Rangers The Collection: Volume 2
George of the Jungle Swinging 1st Season
Girls Behaving Badly Chelsea Handler Exposed
Gossip Girl The Complete 1st Season
House Season 4
Jane and the Dragon A Dragon’s Tale
Married… with Children The Complete 9th Season
Perry Mason The 3rd Season, Volume 1
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles The Complete 1st Season
Transformers: Animated Season 1
Wayside Season 1
William Tell Best of

Music
August 19
Staind - The Illusion Of Progress
The Dandy Warhols - Earth To The Dandy Warhols
Shwayze - Shwayze
Goo Goo Dolls - Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Ice Cube - Raw Footage
Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
Donavon Frankenreiter - Pass It Around
Black Stone Cherry - Folklore and Superstition
Crystal Shawanda - Dawn Of A New Day
The Academy Is… - Fast Times At Barrington High
David Byrne - Big Love: Hymnal
Soundtrack - The Cheetah Girls: One World
GZA/Genius - Pro Tools
Family Force 5 - Dance Or Die
Glen Campbell - Meet Glen Campbell
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
Donnie Klang - Come Into My World
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Juliana Hatfield - How To Walk Away
George Jones - Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
Evelyn “Champagne” King - Open Book
Joe Bonamassa - Live From Nowhere In Particular  [2 CDs]
Hotel Lights - Firecracker People
Toadies - No Deliverance
Todd Snider - Peace Queer
John Pizzarelli - With A Song In My Heart
Chris Knight - Heart Of Stone
Deitrick Haddon - Revealed
Jeff Hanson - Madam Owl
Sandra Boynton - Blue Moo

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