Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Much to the chagrin of nerds everywhere, a football movie remains number 1 at the box office


By Patty Rhule, USA TODAY
Invincible proved to be just that as the football film claimed the top spot of the box office for a second straight weekend. The Mark Wahlberg drama about a walk-on who got to play for the Philadelphia Eagles took in $15.2 million, according to studio estimates. It fell just 11% from its opening weekend.
BY THE NUMBERS: See the weekend's top 10 films

Crank, the action thriller starring Jason Statham, was No. 2 with $13 million, followed by the Nicolas Cage thriller The Wicker Man, which did $11.7 million. Small films surged over the holiday.

Little Miss Sunshine, now in 1,602 theaters, was fourth with $9.7 million. The R-rated movie stars Steve Carell, Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear as members of a dysfunctional family en route to a child beauty pagent.

The Illusionist, starring Edward Norton as a magician in a love triangle with a prince in turn of the century Vienna, was No. 5 with $8.0 million.

4 comments:

Octopunk said...

Look at those tiny box office numbers. Summer's officially over. Sigh.

50PageMcGee said...

I wonder if they made a commemorative football for this movie?

50PageMcGee said...

by football, i meant soccer ball

JPX said...

A Star Wars soccer ball?

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