Box Office Game — August 16, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Sunday, August 16, 2026 (day #1627 of the game): the weekend of July 6, 2007 — a 2007 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1627
The weekend to guessJuly 6, 2007Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Transformers
ParamountNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$70,502,384Total$155,405,412
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Ratatouille
Walt DisneyLast week #1Week 2 in release-38.3% vs last week
Weekend$29,014,293Total$109,531,598
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Live Free or Die Hard
20th Century FoxLast week #2Week 2 in release-46.9% vs last week
Weekend$17,730,149Total$84,424,123
4
Poster of the #4 movie
License to Wed
Warner Bros.New this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$10,422,258Total$17,838,076
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Evan Almighty
UniversalLast week #3Week 3 in release-42.4% vs last week
Weekend$8,719,135Total$78,706,785

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About the five films

Transformers poster

#1 Transformers IMDb →

“Their war. Our world.”

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

Director: Michael Bay · Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel · Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Action · Budget: $150,000,000 · Worldwide: $709,709,780 · Domestic total: $319,246,193
Ratatouille poster

#2 Ratatouille IMDb →

“He's dying to become a chef.”

Remy, a rat, possesses a palate far more refined than that of his fellow comrades. He aspires to become a chef, one who creates rather than scavenges. When fate leads him beneath one of Paris's finest restaurants, he forms an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker to pursue his culinary ambitions. As his double life unfolds, Remy must navigate the suspicions of the calculating Head Chef Skinner, the disapproval of Remy’s own colony, and the foreboding presence of renowned food critic Anton Ego, whose judgment can make or break a chef's legacy.

Director: Brad Bird · Starring: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano · Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy · Budget: $150,000,000 · Worldwide: $623,726,000 · Domestic total: $206,445,654
Live Free or Die Hard poster

#3 Live Free or Die Hard IMDb →

“The choice will be clear.”

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

Director: Len Wiseman · Starring: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long · Genre: Action, Thriller · Budget: $110,000,000 · Worldwide: $383,531,464 · Domestic total: $134,529,403
License to Wed poster

#4 License to Wed IMDb →

“First came love... then came Reverend Frank.”

Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't bless their union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage prep course consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy.

Director: Ken Kwapis · Starring: Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski · Genre: Comedy · Budget: $35,000,000 · Worldwide: $69,307,224 · Domestic total: $43,799,818
Evan Almighty poster

#5 Evan Almighty IMDb →

“A comedy of biblical proportions.”

God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

Director: Tom Shadyac · Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham · Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Family · Budget: $175,000,000 · Worldwide: $174,440,724 · Domestic total: $100,462,298

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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