Tropic Thunder mops up $26 mn in Ist week, dethrones The Dark Knight

MUMBAI: Tropic Thunder, the Ben Stiller comedy, has surpassed The Dark Knight on the US box office by collecting $26 million in the first week.

The Dark Knight collected $16.8 million over the same period. The movie, starring Christian Bale as Batman, had held the top spot for four weeks and raked in $471.5 million over five weeks.

Tropic Thunder is a comedy about three actors who want to shoot a Vietnam war movie. But somehow they end up in the real conflict with the real gunmen.

James Cameron‘s Titanic remains the highest-grossing film in the US with takings of $601 million.