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With Knocked Up finishing sixth, that means Ocean's Thirteen moves from fourth last weekend to seventh this weekend. George Clooney and friends earned another $6.1 million, shedding 47% of last weekend's audience. Ocean's Thirteen crossed the $100 million mark this weekend, but still looks to finish as the lowest earner in the Ocean's franchise. So far, the heist flick has earned $102.1 million.

Eighth spot goes to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, as it continues its slow slog toward $300 million. This weekend, the Pirates earned $5 million, and dropped a decent 30%. So far, the Johnny Depp flick has earned $295.8 million.

Finishing ninth is Michael Moore's Sicko from Lionsgate. Out to only 441 theatres, Sicko earned $4.6 million and found a quite healthy venue average of $10,204. Nobody expected this one to be like Fahrenheit 9/11 - that one opened to about $21 million from 868 venues in 2004. Still, a documentary about the health care system isn't exactly summer fare, so I think the Weinsteins and Lionsgate will be happy with this debut. Sicko also got excellent reviews, so I think it will hold well as counter-programming in the weeks to come. At RottenTomatoes, Sicko received 105 positive reviews out of a possible 116, leaving it with a very fresh rating of 91%. When was the last time we had two films debuting in the top ten with better than 90% averages?

Finally in tenth we have a bit of a surprise entry in Evening, the female-focused movie with a remarkable cast. From Focus Features, Evening was able to bring in $3.5 million from 977 locations. That's a not-so-great venue average of $3,596, but at least the studio can brag that the movie managed a top ten spot. It hasn't been particularly well-received, as RottenTomatoes has the film at only 28% fresh, so there's not much reason to hope for staying power or end-of-year accolades when it comes to awards season.

Overall this weekend, things were more than healthy. The top 12 for this weekend came in at $146.7 million, 2% ahead of last year's tally of about $143.7 million. Things could even improve next weekend, but we will have to wait and see what kind of effect the Tuesday opening of Transformers has on its first weekend tally.

Top Box Office for 6/29/07-7/1/07 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Number of Sites	Estimated Gross	Percentage Change from Last Week	Cumulative Gross
1	Ratatouille	3940	$47,027,395	New	$47,027,395
2	Live Free or Die Hard	3408	$33,369,559	New	$48,398,130
3	Evan Almighty	3636	$15,143,945	- 51.5%	$60,679,545
4	1408	2733	$10,662,804	- 48.3%	$40,442,058
5	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	3424	$9,143,876	- 54.3%	$114,944,684
6	Knocked Up	2665	$7,302,325	- 33.5%	$122,291,755
7	Ocean's Thirteen	2903	$6,085,959	- 46.7%	$102,120,537
8	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	2162	$4,960,368	- 31.1%	$295,703,075
9	Sicko	441	$4,501,712	+6331.%	$4,616,786
10	Evening	977	$3,501,971	New	$3,501,971
11	Shrek the Third	2066	$2,673,877	- 52.7%	$313,739,703
12	Surf's Up	2503	$2,446,757	- 62.8%	$53,760,658
Also Opening
	Ghosts of Cite Soleil	1	$7,400	New	$7,400
	Vitus	2	$5,318	New	$5,318
	In Between Days	1	$5,300	New	$5,300
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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