Tropic Thunder breezes to No. 1 with $25.8M

Monday August 18 4:48 PM ET

The action comedy Tropic Thunder grabbed the top spot at the box office with $25.8 million, knocking the Batman tale The Dark Knight into second-place after four weekends on top.

With a $16.4 million weekend, The Dark Knight raised its domestic total to $471.1 million to pass "Star Wars" as No. 2 on the all-time charts behind Titanic at $600.8 million.

The top 12 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC are: