Box Office Report: August 25-27

As football is poised to kick off its season in September, movie audiences got a bit of a head start on the sport, lifting “Invincible” to the top spot for the weekend, raking in $17 million. The Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear film might want to get as much money as it can now, because once the real football starts, getting gridiron-loving guys into theaters on Saturday and Sunday afternoons is going to be a chore.

Last week’s box office king, “Snakes on a Plane,” had a quick stay on top, dropping swiftly to seventh place, while a much more quietly hyped film, “Little Miss Sunshine,” moved up to third place. Its release was expanded into theaters Friday, and has nearly tripled its budget in its short time in release.

1. “Invincible”
(Weekend domestic gross - $17.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $17.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
2. “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”
(Weekend domestic gross - $8.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $128.1 million)
(Budget - $72.5 million)
3. “Little Miss Sunshine”
(Weekend domestic gross - $7.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $22.9 million)
(Budget - $8 million)
4. “Beerfest”
(Weekend domestic gross - $7.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $7.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
5. “World Trade Center”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $55.6 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
6. “Accepted”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.3 million)
(Worldwide gross - $20.1 million)
(Budget - $23 million)
7. “Snakes on a Plane”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.18 million)
(Worldwide gross - $28.9 million)
(Budget - $33 million)
8. “Step Up”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.16 million)
(Worldwide gross - $50.9 million)
(Budget - $12 million)
9. “Idlewild”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.75 million)
(Worldwide gross - $6.2 million)
(Budget - N/A)
10. “Barnyard”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.65 million)
(Worldwide gross - $55.5 million)
(Budget - $51 million)

2006 Year-To-Date
1. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
(Worldwide gross - $964.0 million)
(Budget - $225 million)
2. “The Da Vinci Code”
(Worldwide gross - $753.0 million)
(Budget - $125 million)
3. “Ice Age: The Meltdown”
(Worldwide gross - $645.6 million)
(Budget - $80 million)
4. “X-Men: The Last Stand”
(Worldwide gross - $441.5 million)
(Budget - $210 million)
5. “Cars”
(Worldwide gross - $400.0 million)
(Budget - $120 million)
6. “Mission: Impossible III”
(Worldwide gross - $394.6 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
7. “Superman Returns”
(Worldwide gross - $361.5 million)
(Budget - $260 million)
8. “Over the Hedge”
(Worldwide gross - $305.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “The Break-Up”
(Worldwide gross - $186.0 million)
(Budget - $52 million)
10. “Inside Man”
(Worldwide gross - $183.9 million)
(Budget - $45 million)