Two new films opened the box office this week.

TROPIC THUNDER opened on Wednesday, but on Friday earned 8.2 million to take its current total to 19.2 million after three days. STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS also opened on Friday with 6.25 million. Solid numbers but hardly spectacular, particularly for the second title which didn't come close to the lofty heights of the live action Star Wars films.

The big story over the past month has been the performance of THE DARK KNIGHT which has now slipped to third in the box office but has raked in an incredible 459.7 million. The superhero flick took in another 5 million on Friday and should be on its way to finishing with around 500-520 million in the domestic box office kitty.

Last week's new opener, THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, slipped to fifth this weekend, adding another 3.2 million for a total of 56.1 million. This is a profitable title as its budget was only 27 million.

THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR looks to be disappearing soon, taking in only another 2.45 million on Friday. It's currently total sits at 80.5 million. With a budget of 145 million, you'd have to expect this will be the last Mummy film we will see for a very long time.

The box office in total took in 35.95 million for the whole of Friday 15th August 2008.