
Thu Aug 07, 2008, 04:21 PM MDT
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew McConaughey and Tom Cruise. “Tropic Thunder” is peppered with actors who’ve padded the coffers at Paramount Pictures, the studio that’s releasing this comedy as part of its DreamWorks acquisition. And after this subversive romp, consider their collective $4,970,802,499 at the box office as long-held escrow on a legendary prank.