It is now approximately five million years (let's see if the Dido fans correct me on that one) since the latest Christopher Nolan Batman installment, The Dark Knight, opened at #1 on the Australian box office charts. But just when you thought it was going to stay perched atop the charts like Christian Bale brooding on top of a skyscraper for the rest of our natural lives, along comes the little satire that could - Tropic Thunder - to ruin the party. The question that remains begging to be answered through all this, is: does this mean that The Dark Whopper will be reduced in price?

The film, which also stars Robert Downey Jr and Jack Black, grossed $3.05 million on its opening weekend to take the number one position.

 

The hugely successful Batman sequel, The Dark Knight, was relegated to number two with $1.3 million in ticket sales.

Oh pfft, only $1.3 million in a week! Shithouse! Christopher Nolan, you should be ashamed of yourself (and so on). Anyway, Tropic Thunder has also topped the US box office this past weekend, and the moral of this story is that I hope Defamer Australia's Editor will read this and make good on her offer to take me on a date to see it. The End.

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