Pixar’s latest animated movie, “Ratatouille,” beat out Bruce Willis‘s return as John McClane in “Live Free or Die Hard” at the weekend box office.
“Ratatouille,” about a rat who wants to be a gourmet chef, earned $47.2 million in its opening weekend. That’s the lowest opening for a Pixar movie in nine years.
The first “Die Hard” movie in 12 years took in $33.2 million in its opening weekend and $48 million since opening on Wednesday.
“Evan Almighty” continued to perform poorly at the box office. The most expensive comedy ever produced saw its gross drop by 52% from last weekend. The movie, which cost $175 million to make, has earned $60.6 million in 10 days.
| Rank | Title | Gross | Last Week |
| 1 | Ratatouille | $47,227,000 | - |
| 2 | Live Free or Die Hard | $33,150,000 | - |
| 3 | Evan Almighty | $15,089,000 | 1 |
| 4 | 1408 | $10,610,000 | 2 |
| 5 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | $9,000,000 | 3 |
| 6 | Knocked Up | $7,418,000 | 5 |
| 7 | Ocean’s Thirteen | $6,050,000 | 4 |
| 8 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | $5,015,000 | 6 |
| 9 | Sicko | $4,500,000 | 31 |
| 10 | Evening | $3,513,000 | - |
I can not wait to see Pirates and Sicko. Not surprised to see Ratatouille in #1. It had a lot of publicity.
I’ve heard some people say Ratatouille is the best Pixar movie ever.
“Ratatouille” is poorly named. It refers to a dish that is prepared late in the movie’s running time.
That said – it is a FANTASTIC piece of entertainment, and another home run for director Brad Bird and the whole Pixar team. Note – this one does have spots of drama/dialogue that will lose the attention of toddlers. I love that Pixar isn’t just trying to entertain children with their movies, and I do not hasten to say that this is the most “adult” of their films. Still, fun for the whole family does ring true – mostly. Just make sure the younger members of your family know the value of “be quiet so other people in the theater can hear!”