LOS ANGELES — Adam Sandler took charge of the remote control at the weekend box office.

His comic fantasy "Click," about a man whose new universal remote takes control of his life and leaves it in chaos, debuted as the No. 1 movie with $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Sony's "Click" bumped off the Disney-Pixar animated comedy "Cars," which slipped to second place with $22.5 million, raising its domestic total to $155.9 million.

The weekend's other new wide release — Focus Features' "Waist Deep," starring Tyrese Gibson as an ex-con forced into a robbery spree to collect ransom for his kidnapped son — opened strongly with $9.5 million to finish at No. 4.

"Click" finished in the ballpark of the opening weekends for Sandler's other comedies.

Sony's "The Da Vinci Code," starring Tom Hanks in the adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling thriller, followed 20th Century Fox's "X-Men: The Last Stand" as the year's second movie to top $200 million domestically.

1. "Click," $40 million.

2. "Cars," $22.5 million.

3. "Nacho Libre," $12.1 million.

4. "Waist Deep," $9.5 million.

5. "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," $9.2 million.

6. "The Lake House," $8.3 million.

7. "The Break-Up," $6.1 million.

8. "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties," $4.75 million.

9. "X-Men: The Last Stand," $4.4 million.

10. "The Da Vinci Code," $4 million.