Box Office Report: June 29-July 1

After eight weeks of sequels ruling at the top of the box office heap, “Ratatouille,” the latest offering from the clever minds at Pixar, ended the streak, pulling in $47 million over the weekend. It actually held off another sequel, with the fourth in the “Die Hard” series, “Live Free or Die Hard,” coming in second place, with more than $33 million.

And after a huge head start, “Spider-Man 3” was surpassed over the weekend on the worldwide charts, as “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” surpassed $900 million, and is looking likely to become the overall box office champ for the summer, if not the year. Of course, there’s still the second half of 2007 to come, but $900 million will be a very hard figure to beat.

1. “Ratatouille”
(Weekend domestic gross - $47.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $47.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
2. “Live Free or Die Hard”
(Weekend domestic gross - $33.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $88.2 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
3. “Evan Almighty”
(Weekend domestic gross - $15.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $66.2 million)
(Budget - $175 million)
4. “1408”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.7 million)
(Worldwide gross - $42.0 million)
(Budget - $25 million)
5. “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”
(Weekend domestic gross - $9.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $175.3 million)
(Budget - $130 million)
6. “Knocked Up”
(Weekend domestic gross - $7.3 million)
(Worldwide gross - $123.3 million)
(Budget - $30 million)
7. “Ocean’s Thirteen”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $227.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
8. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $905.4 million)
(Budget - $300 million)
9. “Sicko”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $4.5 million)
(Budget - $9 million)
10. “Evening”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $3.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)

2007 Year-To-Date
1. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(Worldwide gross - $905.4 million)
(Budget - $300 million)
2. “Spider-Man 3”
(Worldwide gross - $882.6 million)
(Budget - $258 million)
3. “Shrek the Third”
(Worldwide gross - $576.1 million)
(Budget - $160 million)
4. “300”
(Worldwide gross - $452.6 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
5. “Wild Hogs”
(Worldwide gross - $249.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
6. “Ghost Rider”
(Worldwide gross - $228.2 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
7. “Ocean’s Thirteen”
(Worldwide gross - $227.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
8. “Mr. Bean’s Holiday”
(Worldwide gross - $184.3 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”
(Worldwide gross - $175.3 million)
(Budget - $130 million)
10. “Norbit”
(Worldwide gross - $158.6 million)
(Budget - $60 million)