Box Office Report - Foosball!

Everyone loves an underdog story, specially if it's put out there by Disney. Marky Mark's latest, "Invincible" takes the number 1 spot this weekend, dethroning Will Ferrell's NASCAR opus. "Little Miss Sunshine" keeps moving in the right direction, unlike all the other movies, and actually climbs a couple of spots up the chart to end up in 3rd place. For an indie Sundance favorite, this is one successful movie. "Beerfest" under-performed at the box office, but expect it to achieve cult status on DVD . . . or Bluray . . . or HDVD . . . or whatever the movie industry convinces us to buy in the next 6 months.

College comedy "Accepted" keeps enrolling viewers, in small numbers. It's more like a community college then. "World Trade Center" keeps knocking down towers week in and week out as it lands this week in 6th. "Step Up" kneels into the 7th spot, beating out the long delayed (my wife's actual words - "I could have sworn this came out on DVD like 3 months ago") Outkast movie "Idlewyld". I guess flipping our concept of movies takes time.

The bottom two movies in the countdown, both animal themed, but totally different. SOAP is running out of jet fuel as it finishes its 2nd week in release. "Barnyard" is getting sent to "Puppy Lake", hopefully getting put to pasture for good. Totals in bold green.

1. Invincible - $17,029,000
2. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - $8,000,000 $127,684,000
3. Little Miss Sunshine - $7,500,000 $23,024,000
4. Beerfest - $6,500,000
5. Accepted - $6,476,000 $21,118,000
6. World Trade Center - $6,393,000 $55,557,000
7. Step Up - $6,187,000 $50,419,000
8. Idlewild - $5,892,000
9. Snakes on a Plane - $5,860,000 $26,012,000
10.Barnyard: The Original Party Animals - $5,433,000 $54,710,000