The rats have it! Pixar’s latest animated wonder Ratatouille took the top spot at the North American box office this weekend with $47.2 million. Their newest effort, about a Parisian rat who is a gourmet chef, beat Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth installment in the Bruce Willis franchise, which debuted in second with $33.1 million.

Spanish-language movie hits Pan's Labyrinth and Volver will compete for Oscar gold at the Academy Awards next month, but Clint Eastwood's Golden Globe winner Letters from Iwo Jima will miss out.