‘Invincible’ repeats as No. 1 movie at weekend box office
September 4, 2006
LOS ANGELES — Mark Wahlberg remained invincible at the box office over the long Labor Day weekend.
Disney’s “Invincible,” with Wahlberg as a pro football rookie who makes the team in open tryouts, was the No. 1 movie for the second straight weekend, taking in $15.2 million from Friday through Monday, according to studio estimates. The movie lifted its 11-day total to $37.8 million.
Lions Gate’s action tale “Crank,” with Jason Statham as a hitman out for revenge while racing to find an antidote after he’s poisoned, opened at No. 2 with $13 million.
Nicolas Cage’s “The Wicker Man,” a Warner Bros. remake of a 1973 thriller about a cop tracking a missing child on an eerie island, took in $11.7 million to debut in third place.
The weekend’s other new wide release, Sony’s basketball tale “Crossover,” opened outside the top 10 with $4.5 million.
Two acclaimed films continued to expand to more theaters and scored again with audiences. Fox Searchlight’s road-trip comedy “Little Miss Sunshine,” starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and Steve Carell, was No. 4 with $9.7 million.
Yari Film Group’s “The Illusionist,” starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti broke into the top 10 with $8 million.