Beverly Hills Chihuahua Tops Box Office
“Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” the new Disney film featuring conversing canines, took in an estimated $29 million over the weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The total was Disney’s biggest October opening, easily surpassing opening weekend earnings for “Ladder 49” ($22.1 million) in 2004.
DreamWorks/Paramount’s thriller “Eagle Eye” had another impressive showing in its second weekend, taking in an estimated $17.7 million.
Below are box-office totals for the weekend of October 3-5, 2008, from Nielsen EDI.
| RANK (by gross earnings) |
FILM | STUDIO | WEEKEND EARNINGS (Oct. 3-5) |
GROSS EARNINGS ($ MILLIONS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS | $29,300,465 | $29.3 |
| 2 | Eagle Eye | DREAMWORKS/PARAMOUNT | $17,709,817 | $54.6 |
| 3 | Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist | SONY PICTURES | $11,311,751 | $11.3 |
| 4 | Nights In Rodanthe | WARNER BROS. | $7,368,259 | $25.1 |
| 5 | Appaloosa | WARNER BROS. | $5,050,310 | $5.6 |
| 6 | Lakeview Terrace | SONY PICTURES | $4,561,227 | $32.2 |
| 7 | Burn After Reading | FOCUS FEATURES | $4,120,129 | $51.7 |
| 8 | Fireproof | IDP DISTRIBUTION | $3,987,509 | $12.4 |
| 9 | An American Carol | VIVENDI ENTERTAINMENT | $3,656,000 | $3.7 |
| 10 | Religulous | LIONSGATE | $3,409,643 | $3.4 |
| Source: The Hollywood Reporter / Nielsen EDI (October 3, 2008 – October 5, 2008). |
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