In news surprising absolutely no one (even Punxsutawney Phil took last week off), Transformers topped the box office chart this past weekend, parlaying its July 2 evening sneak screenings, July 3 proper opening and big mid-week business to a $155 million total haul, around $70.5 million of that coming during the weekend frame. Disney/Pixar’s latest animated masterwork, writer-director Brad Bird’s Ratatouille, rang up $29 million Friday through Sunday, taking its total box office tally to $109 million. Placing third, meanwhile, Live Free or Die Hard pulled in another $17.7 million, raising its cumulative domestic numbers to just under $85 million.

The only other wide release new opener, Warner Bros.’ comedy License to Wed, opened to $10.4 million, while the deadly word-of-mouth on Universal’s Evan Almighty still hadn’t found everyone, resulting in another $8.7 million in theatrical receipts. People want to like Steve Carell, make no mistake about it, but Evan is a neutered film all the way through, and its $79 million-and-counting gross won’t be enough to offset its production costs, conservatively estimated at $175 million.

Rounding out the weekend’s top 10 were John Cusack’s 1408, with just over $7 million, for a $53 million total haul; Knocked Up, with $5.2 million, $132 million total; the Fantastic Four sequel, with another $4.2 million, $123 million total; Michael Moore‘s documentary Sicko, with $3.6 million, $11.5 million total; and Ocean’s Thirteen, which has now tallied just under $110 million domestically, but another $140 million abroad.