Box Office Report: July 20-22

In what became one of the truly competitive weekends of the summer, the top three films of the weekend box office finished within less than $7 million from each other, with “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” climbing on top with $34.2 million. Close behind was “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” getting $32.5 in its second weekend, while the musical “Hairspray” finished strong as well, with $27.5 million.

The worldwide chart saw a little shuffling on the list, as more of the summer movies are supplanting the spring standouts.

1. “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”
(Weekend domestic gross - $34.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $34.2 million)
(Budget - $85 million)
2. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
(Weekend domestic gross - $32.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $559.2 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
3. “Hairspray”
(Weekend domestic gross - $27.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $27.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)
4. “Transformers”
(Weekend domestic gross - $20.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $453.6 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
5. “Ratatouille”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $195.1 million)
(Budget - N/A)
6. “Live Free or Die Hard”
(Weekend domestic gross - $7.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $241.4 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
7. “License to Wed”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $38.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)
8. “1408”
(Weekend domestic gross - $2.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $68.9 million)
(Budget - $25 million)
9. “Evan Almighty”
(Weekend domestic gross - $2.56 million)
(Worldwide gross - $98.2 million)
(Budget - $175 million)
10. “Knocked Up”
(Weekend domestic gross - $2.3 million)
(Worldwide gross - $152.1 million)
(Budget - $30 million)

2007 Year-To-Date
1. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(Worldwide gross - $940.1 million)
(Budget - $300 million)
2. “Spider-Man 3”
(Worldwide gross - $888.4 million)
(Budget - $258 million)
3. “Shrek the Third”
(Worldwide gross - $701.6 million)
(Budget - $160 million)
4. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
(Worldwide gross - $559.2 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
5. “300”
(Worldwide gross - $456.0 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
6. “Transformers”
(Worldwide gross - $453.6 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
7. “Ocean’s Thirteen”
(Worldwide gross - $269.4 million)
(Budget - N/A)
8. “Wild Hogs”
(Worldwide gross - $252.2 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “Live Free or Die Hard”
(Worldwide gross - $241.4 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
10. “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”
(Worldwide gross - $233.6 million)
(Budget - $130 million)