Box Office Report: June 22-24

The number has now hit eight weeks and counting for sequels to dominate the box office top spot, as this time it was “Evan Almighty” snagging the position, pulling in a decent, but hardly spectacular $31.2 million. When factoring the comedy’s huge $175 million budget, it will really have its work cut out to try and recoup its costs over the long haul – especially when you figure this picture won’t have a huge appeal overseas.

By contrast, the much smaller and less hyped horror/thriller “1408” pulled in more than $20 million, nearly recouping its fairly modest budget in one weekend.

1. “Evan Almighty”
(Weekend domestic gross - $31.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $37.0 million)
(Budget - $175 million)
2. “1408”
(Weekend domestic gross - $20.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $20.6 million)
(Budget - $25 million)
3. “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”
(Weekend domestic gross - $20.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $159.0 million)
(Budget - $130 million)
4. “Ocean’s Thirteen”
(Weekend domestic gross - $11.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $192.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)
5. “Knocked Up”
(Weekend domestic gross - $11.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $110.9 million)
(Budget - $30 million)
6. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(Weekend domestic gross - $7.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $873.0 million)
(Budget - $300 million)
7. “Surf’s Up”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $53.9 million)
(Budget - N/A)
8. “Shrek the Third”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.7 million)
(Worldwide gross - $479.0 million)
(Budget - $160 million)
9. “Nancy Drew”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $17.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
10. “A Mighty Heart”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $3.9 million)
(Budget - $16 million)

2007 Year-To-Date
1. “Spider-Man 3”
(Worldwide gross - $879.1 million)
(Budget - $258 million)
2. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(Worldwide gross - $873.0 million)
(Budget - $300 million)
3. “Shrek the Third”
(Worldwide gross - $479.0 million)
(Budget - $160 million)
4. “300”
(Worldwide gross - $452.5 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
5. “Wild Hogs”
(Worldwide gross - $247.2 million)
(Budget - N/A)
6. “Ghost Rider”
(Worldwide gross - $228.2 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
7. “Ocean’s Thirteen”
(Worldwide gross - $192.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)
8. “Mr. Bean’s Holiday”
(Worldwide gross - $184.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”
(Worldwide gross - $159.0 million)
(Budget - $130 million)
10. “Norbit”
(Worldwide gross - $158.6 million)
(Budget - $60 million)