This weekend The Simpsons blew the competition out of the water with an amazing $71.8 million. While I certainly wasn’t impressed by the movie (see my review of The Simpsons Movie) I’m not entirely surprised by how much it earned considering after 18 years it was the first movie they’ve made. I wouldn’t be surprised to see another one in a few years after that sort of success. The other new releases didn’t all fare so well though No Reservations did better than I’d expect with $11.7 million. The Lohan bomb “Killed Me” limped to the finish line with $3.4 million just ahead of Big Boi’s “Who’s Your Caddy?” comedy. Chuck and Larry held on fairly well by only dropping one spot to #2, but still combined with last weekend’s earnings it comes up just shy of what The Simpsons did this weekend alone. Though it didn’t even come in the top 12 spots Sunshine proved to be an awesome sci-fi space adventure and had it received the marketing it deserved I think it could have easily been in the top 3. My review for Sunshine will be up tomorrow for those interested.

Here they are, your box office movie earnings for this weekend: July 27 - 29, 2007. If you missed any of the background on the new releases check out our Weekend Movie Preview with trailers and details.

Box office earnings for movies this weekend, July 27 - 29, 2007:

1. “The Simpsons Movie” $71.8 million [$71.8M total]
2. “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry” $19 million [$71.6M total]
3. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” $17 million [$241.7M total]
4. “Hairspray” $15.5 million [$59.3M total]
5. “No Reservations” $11.7 million [$11.7M total]
6. “Transformers” $11.5 million [$284.5M total]
7. “Ratatouille” $7.2 million [$179.6M total]
8. “Live Free or Die Hard” $5.3 million [$125.1M total]
9. “I Know Who Killed Me” $3.4 million [$3.4M total]
10. “Who’s Your Caddy?” $2.9 million [$2.9M total]