Box Office Report: Aug. 4-6

“If you’re not first, you’re last.” So says Ricky Bobby in “Talladega Nights” – an appropriate, albeit dumb remark for this week’s box office, as the dim-witted NASCAR racer did indeed easily finish in first over the weekend, raking in nearly $50 million. Last week’s number one, “Miami Vice,” dropped hard to fourth place, while yet another computer animated flick featuring animals took the second place slot (“Barnyard”).

Although it finished in third place domestically for the weekend, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” has wrestled the worldwide top spot from “The Da Vinci Code,” as it takes aim on more than $800 million at the box office. That’s a lot of booty!

1. “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”
(Weekend domestic gross - $47.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $47.0 million)
(Budget - $72.5 million)
2. “Barnyard”
(Weekend domestic gross - $15.8 million)
(Worldwide gross - $15.8 million)
(Budget - $51 million)
3. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
(Weekend domestic gross - $11.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $771.9 million)
(Budget - $225 million)
4. “Miami Vice”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $54.9 million)
(Budget - $135 million)
5. “The Descent”
(Weekend domestic gross - $8.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $8.9 million)
(Budget - N/A)
6. “John Tucker Must Die”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.15 million)
(Worldwide gross - $28.7 million)
(Budget - $18 million)
7. “Monster House”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $59.8 million)
(Budget - $75 million)
8. “The Ant Bully”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $18.2 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “You, Me and Dupree”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.64 million)
(Worldwide gross - $71.1 million)
(Budget - $54 million)
10. “The Night Listener”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $3.6 million)
(Budget - N/A)

2006 Year-To-Date
1. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
(Worldwide gross - $771.9 million)
(Budget - $225 million)
2. “The Da Vinci Code”
(Worldwide gross - $747.3 million)
(Budget - $125 million)
3. “Ice Age: The Meltdown”
(Worldwide gross - $644.5 million)
(Budget - $80 million)
4. “X-Men: The Last Stand”
(Worldwide gross - $440.8 million)
(Budget - $210 million)
5. “Mission: Impossible III”
(Worldwide gross - $386.0 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
6. “Cars”
(Worldwide gross - $365.7 million)
(Budget - $120 million)
7. “Superman Returns”
(Worldwide gross - $336.7 million)
(Budget - $260 million)
8. “Over the Hedge”
(Worldwide gross - $286.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “Inside Man”
(Worldwide gross - $183.1 million)
(Budget - $45 million)
10. “Poseidon”
(Worldwide gross - $178.5 million)
(Budget - $160 million)