`INVINCIBLE' ICING ON DISNEY CAKE ANOTHER HIT SWEETENS STUDIO'S ALREADY MAGICAL SUMMER.Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Putting an exclamation point exclamation point: see punctuation. exclamation point - exclamation mark on its already record summer, Disney scored a touchdown with its new football drama ``Invincible,'' which took in $17 million in weekend ticket sales, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. studio estimates Sunday. The movie starring Mark Wahlberg For the actor and television game show host, see Mark L. Walberg. Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television producer. is based on the true story of Vincent Papale's rookie rookie a novice; often an athlete playing his first season as a member of a professional sports team. [Sports: Misc.] See : Inexperience season in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga as a 31-year-old walk-on. The movie drew an audience fairly split between males and females, with about half older than 34. ``It's a football-themed movie, and we're in the beginning of the football season, but it's more than that: It's about an interesting character who's an underdog in a feel-good story ,'' said Chris LeRoy, executive vice president of general sales for Disney's Buena Vista Distribution
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. is the motion picture and television feature distribution company owned by The Walt Disney Company. arm. ``We're very pleased to have our third No. 1 movie this summer.'' It has been a magical summer for Disney at the box office, especially thanks to the blockbuster block·bust·er n. 1. Something, such as a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales. 2. A high-explosive bomb used for demolition purposes. 3. ``Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest,'' which finally dropped out of the top 10, finishing 11th. But by adding an estimated $4 million to reach $407.6 million domestically, ``Pirates'' surpassed 2002's ``Spider-Man'' to become the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time. Disney also released the year's second-highest grosser, ``Cars,'' which has taken in $240.5 million. Overall, it was a typically slow late-August weekend at the box office, but receipts for the top 12 films were 4.3 percent higher than for the top 12 on the same weekend last year. This was the 20th weekend of the past 23 weekends in which grosses surpassed 2005 numbers, according to box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations Co. Free-falling from first place last weekend to ninth was ``Snakes on a Plane,'' which took a 56 percent drop in business with $5.86 million in ticket sales. The New Line Cinema release, which opened far below projections last weekend, has a 10-day total of $26 million. A big batch of films finished in single-digit millions, led by second- place ``Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.'' 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Now in its fifth week, ``Sunshine'' has been given a gradual rollout to benefit from strong word-of-mouth buzz, and it has taken in $23 million to date. ``The holding power is just phenomenal,'' said Steve Gilula, Fox Searchlight's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . ``We are ahead of where we expected to be, and I think we'll play well not only into September but October as well.'' Films in fourth through 10th place finished within about $1 million of each other, so the pecking order pecking order Basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird pecks another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and submits to pecking by one of higher rank. For groups of mammals (e.g. could change when final numbers are released today. Opening in fourth place was the comedy ``Beerfest,'' released by Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., which took in an estimated $6.5 million, followed closely by the Universal Pictures' comedy ``Accepted,'' which made $6.47 million for a two-week total of $21.1 million. Paramount Pictures' ``World Trade Center'' was a close sixth, adding $6.39 million to a total that now stands at $55.55 million. The Disney dancing flick ``Step-Up'' took seventh place, with $6.2 million, and has taken in $50.4 million in three weeks. Universal's release ``Idlewild,'' starring OutKast duo Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton, opened in 973 locations and took in an estimated $5.9 million for eighth place. The film's audience was 82 percent African-American and 61 percent female. Also, New Line released the kids comedy ``How to Eat Fried Worms,'' which opened in a dismal 12th place with estimated ticket sales of $3.95 million. greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3758 TOP MOVIES Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Final figures will be released today. 1. ``Invincible,'' $17 million. 2. ``Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,'' $8 million. 3. ``Little Miss Sunshine,'' $7.5 million. 4 (tie). ``Beerfest,'' $6.5 million. 4 (tie). ``Accepted,'' $6.5 million. 6. ``Snakes on a Plane,'' $5.86 million. 7. ``World Trade Center,'' $6.39 million. 8. ``Step Up,'' $6.2 million. 9. ``Idlewild,'' $5.9 million. 10. ``Barnyard: The Original Party Animals,'' $5.4 million. CAPTION(S): box Box: TOP MOVIES (see text) |
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