Name: Tropic Thunder
Director: Ben Stiller
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Released: 2008
Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Aug 13	#1	$6.50M		—	$6.50M	3,319	$2.0K	1
Thu Aug 14	#1	$4.53M	-30%	—	$11.03M	3,319	$1.4K	2
Fri Aug 15	#1	$8.21M	+81%	—	$19.24M	3,319	$2.5K	3
Sat Aug 16	#1	$9.58M	+17%	—	$28.82M	3,319	$2.9K	4
Sun Aug 17	#1	$8.02M	-16%	—	$36.85M	3,319	$2.4K	5
Mon Aug 18	#1	$3.59M	-55%	—	$40.44M	3,319	$1.1K	6
Tue Aug 19	#1	$3.53M	-2%	—	$43.96M	3,319	$1.1K	7
Wed Aug 20	#1	$2.91M	-18%	-55%	$46.87M	3,319	$875	8
Thu Aug 21	#1	$2.70M	-7%	-40%	$49.57M	3,319	$813	9
Fri Aug 22	#2	$4.88M	+81%	-40%	$54.45M	3,352	$1.5K	10
Sat Aug 23	#1	$6.48M	+33%	-32%	$60.93M	3,352	$1.9K	11
Sun Aug 24	#1	$4.95M	-24%	-38%	$65.88M	3,352	$1.5K	12
Mon Aug 25	#1	$1.90M	-62%	-47%	$67.78M	3,352	$566	13
Tue Aug 26	#1	$1.79M	-6%	-49%	$69.57M	3,352	$534	14
Wed Aug 27	#1	$1.44M	-20%	-50%	$71.01M	3,352	$429	15
Thu Aug 28	#1	$1.37M	-5%	-49%	$72.33M	3,352	$407	16
Fri Aug 29	#2	$3.01M	+121%	-38%	$75.35M	3,473	$867	17
Sat Aug 30	#1	$4.20M	+39%	-35%	$79.55M	3,473	$1.2K	18
Sun Aug 31	#1	$4.30M	+2%	-13%	$83.85M	3,473	$1.2K	19
Mon Sep 1	#1	$3.08M	-28%	+62%	$86.94M	3,473	$887	20
Tue Sep 2	#1	$900K	-71%	-50%	$87.84M	3,473	$259	21
Wed Sep 3	#1	$752K	-16%	-48%	$88.59M	3,473	$216	22
Thu Sep 4	#1	$723K	-4%	-47%	$89.31M	3,473	$208	23
Fri Sep 5	#2	$2.10M	+191%	-30%	$91.41M	3,446	$610	24
Sat Sep 6	#1	$3.40M	+62%	-19%	$94.81M	3,446	$985	25
Sun Sep 7	#2	$1.73M	-49%	-60%	$96.54M	3,446	$501	26
Mon Sep 8	#2	$529K	-69%	-83%	$97.07M	3,446	$153	27
Tue Sep 9	#2	$641K	+21%	-29%	$97.71M	3,446	$186	28
Wed Sep 10	#2	$536K	-16%	-29%	$98.25M	3,446	$155	29
Thu Sep 11	#1	$543K	+1%	-25%	$98.79M	3,446	$157	30
Fri Sep 12	#6	$1.22M	+124%	-42%	$100.01M	2,927	$416	31
Sat Sep 13	#7	$1.90M	+56%	-44%	$101.91M	2,927	$649	32
Sun Sep 14	#5	$1.06M	-44%	-39%	$102.97M	2,927	$363	33
Mon Sep 15	#5	$314K	-70%	-41%	$103.29M	2,927	$107	34
Tue Sep 16	#5	$338K	+8%	-47%	$103.63M	2,927	$115	35
Wed Sep 17	#5	$305K	-10%	-43%	$103.93M	2,927	$104	36
Thu Sep 18	#5	$318K	+4%	-41%	$104.25M	2,927	$108	37
Fri Sep 19	#11	$750K	+136%	-38%	$105.00M	2,333	$321	38
Sat Sep 20	#11	$1.18M	+57%	-38%	$106.17M	2,333	$505	39
Sun Sep 21	#10	$626K	-47%	-41%	$106.81M	2,333	$268	40
Mon Sep 22	#10	$187K	-70%	-41%	$106.99M	2,333	$79	41
Tue Sep 23	#10	$207K	+11%	-39%	$107.20M	2,333	$88	42
Wed Sep 24	#10	$192K	-7%	-37%	$107.39M	2,333	$82	43
Thu Sep 25	#10	$192K	n/c	-40%	$107.58M	2,333	$82	44
Fri Sep 26		$323K	+68%	-57%	$107.91M	1,354	$238	45
Sat Sep 27		$572K	+77%	-52%	$108.48M	1,354	$422	46
Sun Sep 28		$290K	-49%	-54%	$108.77M	1,354	$214	47
Mon Sep 29		$92K	-68%	-51%	$108.86M	1,354	$67	48
Tue Sep 30		$108K	+17%	-48%	$108.97M	1,354	$79	49
Wed Oct 1		$95K	-12%	-50%	$109.06M	1,354	$70	50
Thu Oct 2		$82K	-13%	-57%	$109.15M	1,354	$60	51
Fri Oct 3		$102K	+24%	-68%	$109.25M	485	$210	52
Sat Oct 4		$142K	+40%	-75%	$109.39M	485	$293	53
Sun Oct 5		$82K	-42%	-72%	$109.47M	485	$169	54
Mon Oct 6		$24K	-71%	-74%	$109.50M	485	$49	55
Tue Oct 7		$28K	+15%	-74%	$109.52M	485	$57	56
Wed Oct 8		$28K	n/c	-71%	$109.55M	485	$57	57
Thu Oct 9		$29K	+4%	-65%	$109.58M	485	$59	58
Fri Oct 10		$47K	+63%	-54%	$109.63M	250	$188	59
Sat Oct 11		$65K	+38%	-54%	$109.69M	250	$261	60
Sun Oct 12		$38K	-41%	-53%	$109.73M	250	$152	61
Mon Oct 13		$17K	-56%	-30%	$109.75M	250	$67	62
Tue Oct 14		$14K	-19%	-51%	$109.76M	250	$54	63
Wed Oct 15		$12K	-15%	-59%	$109.77M	250	$46	64
Thu Oct 16		$13K	+15%	-54%	$109.79M	250	$53	65
Fri Oct 17		$29K	+117%	-39%	$109.82M	179	$160	66
Sat Oct 18		$40K	+40%	-39%	$109.86M	179	$224	67
Sun Oct 19		$20K	-49%	-47%	$109.88M	179	$113	68
Mon Oct 20		$7K	-66%	-58%	$109.88M	179	$39	69
Tue Oct 21		$9K	+32%	-32%	$109.89M	179	$51	70
Wed Oct 22		$9K	-8%	-26%	$109.90M	179	$47	71
Thu Oct 23		$7K	-14%	-45%	$109.91M	179	$40	72
Fri Oct 24		$57K	+673%	+97%	$109.96M	228	$248	73
Sat Oct 25		$70K	+23%	+73%	$110.03M	228	$305	74
Sun Oct 26		$46K	-34%	+124%	$110.08M	228	$200	75
Mon Oct 27		$16K	-64%	+132%	$110.10M	228	$71	76
Tue Oct 28		$19K	+18%	+107%	$110.12M	228	$83	77
Wed Oct 29		$17K	-10%	+103%	$110.13M	228	$75	78
Thu Oct 30		$16K	-8%	+116%	$110.15M	228	$69	79
Fri Oct 31		$22K	+39%	-61%	$110.17M	228	$96	80
Sat Nov 1		$60K	+170%	-15%	$110.23M	228	$260	81
Sun Nov 2		$39K	-35%	-16%	$110.27M	228	$168	82
Mon Nov 3		$11K	-72%	-33%	$110.28M	228	$47	83
Tue Nov 4		$13K	+22%	-30%	$110.29M	228	$58	84
Wed Nov 5		$14K	+5%	-19%	$110.31M	228	$61	85
Thu Nov 6		$14K	n/c	-12%	$110.32M	228	$60	86
Fri Nov 7		$28K	+104%	+29%	$110.35M	165	$171	87
Sat Nov 8		$42K	+48%	-30%	$110.39M	165	$253	88
Sun Nov 9		$26K	-38%	-33%	$110.42M	165	$155	89
Mon Nov 10		$11K	-56%	+4%	$110.43M	165	$68	90
Tue Nov 11		$15K	+32%	+12%	$110.44M	165	$90	91
Wed Nov 12		$9K	-40%	-35%	$110.45M	165	$54	92
Thu Nov 13		$9K	+4%	-33%	$110.46M	165	$56	93

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 15-17	1	$25.81M	—	$36.85M	3,319	$7.8K	1
Aug 22-24	1	$16.27M	-37.0%	$65.84M	3,352	$4.9K	2
Aug 29-31	1	$11.52M	-29.2%	$83.85M	3,473	$3.3K	3
Sep 5-7	2	$7.23M	-37.2%	$96.54M	3,446	$2.1K	4
Sep 12-14	5	$4.18M	-42.1%	$102.97M	2,927	$1.4K	5
Sep 19-21	11	$2.56M	-38.9%	$106.81M	2,333	$1.1K	6
Sep 26-28	16	$1.18M	-53.6%	$108.77M	1,354	$875	7
Oct 3-5	26	$327K	-72.4%	$109.47M	485	$673	8
Oct 10-12	33	$151K	-53.8%	$109.73M	250	$603	9
Oct 17-19	39	$89K	-40.8%	$109.88M	179	$498	10
Oct 24-26	31	$172K	+92.7%	$110.08M	228	$754	11
Oct 31-Nov 2	34	$120K	-30.2%	$110.27M	220	$545	12
Nov 7-9	37	$96K	-20.1%	$110.42M	165	$581	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byBen Stiller

ScreenplayBen Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen

Produced byStuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller, Eric McLeod

CinematographyJohn Toll

MusicTheodore Shapiro

StarringBen Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Brandon Soo Hoo

StudioDreamWorks

Box Office Comparisons

No head-to-head comparisons featuring Tropic Thunder yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →

Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder Box Office