Even though many fanboys lined up during the weekdays, Transformers still scored an impressive $70 million-plus over the 3-day weekend. Dave B. had even higher expectations, but due to decent reviews and its newfound freshness as a franchise, it could continue to draw strong crowds in the weeks ahead. Many of the films grossed somewhere between the two Daves' estimates, befitting a weekend that was kind of a holiday, kind of not. But there was one film that caught us off-guard, and probably shouldn't have: 1408's opening weekend was very similar to that of Disturbia, and its second weekend saw a similarly small drop; what do these films have that makes them track so differently from other horror flicks? (That's a real question, not a rhetorical one. If you know the answer, you could make big money in Hollywood.) Finally, the two Daves give themselves a collective pat on the back for gauging the lack of interest in Robin Williams and his depressing post-Oscar® career.
| Rank | Film | Total |
| 1 | Transformers | $70.5 million |
| 2 | Ratatouille | $29.0 million |
| 3 | Live Free or Die Hard | $17.7 million |
| 4 | License to Wed | $10.4 million |
| 5 | Evan Almighty | $8.7 million |
| 6 | 1408 | $7.1 million |
| 7 | Knocked Up | $5.2 million |
| 8 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | $4.2 million |
| 9 | Sicko | $3.6 million |
| 10 | Ocean's Thirteen | $3.5 million |
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Box office figures © Box Office Mojo
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