Adam Sandler ruled the box office once again with his latest yuck-fest, I PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY, opening at #1, taking in $34.8 million for the weekend ending July 22, 2007. Last week's champ, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, descended to the second slot with a haul of $32.2 million, bringing it cume to $207.5 million. Its visual effects were provided by Double Negative, Framestore CFC, ILM, Cinesite, MPC, Rising Sun and others.
HAIRSPRAY danced its first weekend in at #3 with a healthy take of $27.8 million. TRANSFORMERS (with vfx from ILM, Digital Domain and others) slipped from second to fourth, taking in another $20.5 million and bringing its U.S. total to $263 million. Disney-Pixar's RATATOUILLE dropped from third to fifth, cooking up another $11 million to add to its $165.6 million cume. LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (with primary vfx from Digital Dimension and The Orphanage) claimed the sixth slot with a box office receipts totaling $7.3 million, making its U.S. total $116.5 million. Warner Bros. comedy LICENSE TO WED came in seventh place with another $3.76 million added to its $38.7 million total. MGM/Weinstein's 1408 (with vfx by Rainmaker, Moving Picture Co., Baseblack, Lip Sync Post and Senate Visual Effects) fell to eighth with $2.6 million for a cume of $67.5 million. EVAN ALMIGHTY (with vfx from ILM, Rhythm & Hues and CafeFX) sailed into ninth summoning $2.46 million, making its total take $93.5 million. Rounding out the top 10 was summer break out hit KNOCKED UP, birthing another $2.32 million for a total $142.7 million. Box office information obtained from boxofficemojo.com.
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