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By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

Tropic Thunder was not only the number one film of the weekend, but it dethroned The Dark Knight, which is now the second highest grossing film of all time. So why is Ben Stiller brooding? No, he’s not recycling his Bono impression––according to Variety, its $26 million 3-day weekend (it made $37 million from Wednesday through Sunday) is no cause for celebration. The film made about $4 million less than Pineapple Express in its opening run, but cost four times more than that film to produce.
They spent $13 million on last year’s broadcast alone, but due to “plunging sales, recession fears and spiking gasoline prices”, GM can no longer afford to sponsor the Oscars.
The Voltron movie, which has been in development since before the first Transformers movie was completed, has been put into turnaround.