beholds ANGELES -- Mark Wahlberg re...

beholds ANGELES -- Mark Wahlberg remained invincible at the case office over the long Labor Day weekend.

Disney's "Invincible," with Wahlberg as a pro football rookie who makes the team in unclose tryouts, was the No. 1 movie for the next to the first straight weekend, taking in $152 million from Friday from one side Monday, according to studio estimates. The movie lifted its 11-day total to $378 million.

Lionsgate's action tale "Crank," with Jason Statham as a hitman public for revenge while racing to find an antidote after he's poisoned, exhibited at No. 2 with $13 million.

pair 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 $97 million.

Yari Film Group's "The Illusionist," starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti in a drama about a mysterious magician in early 1900 Vienna, expanded into wide release and broke into the top 10 with $8 million.

WEEKEND receptacle OFFICE

Estimated ticket sales for Friday between the sides of Monday at North American theaters:

1 Invincible $152 mill.

2 Crank 13 mill.

3 The Wicker Man 117 mill.

4 Little Miss Sunshine 97 mill.

5 The Illusionist 8 mill.

6 Talladega Nights 77 mill.

7 Barnyard 64 mill.

8 Accepted 59 mill.

9 World Trade Center 58 mill.

10 degree Up 5.5 mill.

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