Not only can Steve Carell get animals to board an ark — he can also entice people to go to the movies. Carell's Evan Almighty [0] took the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office [1], bumping The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [1] from its temporary throne. But Evan didn't exactly attract a moviegoing flood of Biblical proportions. Considering that it was said to cost at least $175 million to make [2], chances are the movie's estimated $32.1 million take wasn't exactly the miracle its producers were hoping for.

Possibly the biggest surprise of the weekend was the John Cusack thriller 1408 [2], which edged out Silver Surfer to take the No. 2 spot with just over $20 million. Variety notes that more than half of its ticket-buyers were women [3] — maybe because it's a creepy but not gruesome horror film [3], maybe because John Cusack is just kind of awesome. [3]

A Mighty Heart [3], on the other hand, took in just $4 million to finish in the No. 10 spot. Was the weighty biopic just too heavy for a breezy summer weekend?

Other notable results: Ocean's Thirteen [3] nabbed the No. 4 spot with $11.3 million, while Knocked Up [3] finished in fifth with more than $10 million, bringing its total for the summer to almost $109 million — which, incidentally, is about how much Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin [4] raked in overall. Those Pirates [4] brought in another $7 million to finish at No. 6. Surf's Up [5], Shrek the Third [5] and Nancy Drew [6] rounded out the top 10.

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