You know, the reviews for Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua were not as bad as I thought they might be, so that coupled with the fact that it's a family film meant that the movie about little talking dogs took the No. 1 spot at the box office over the weekend. The top dogs brought in a seriously impressive $29 million. That's about the same amount that Eagle Eye earned last weekend. This weekend, the Shia LaBeouf action-thriller came in second place.
Meanwhile, some smaller movies (a.k.a. "specialty films") also did well. Both Bill Maher's documentary Religulous and Anne Hathaway's Rachel Getting Married had terrific opening weekends. This was especially striking as "three of the new wide releases didn’t even crack the top 10 chart," including Flash of Genius, Blindness, and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.
Finally, both Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Appaloosa enjoyed solid debuts, coming in third and fifth respectively. Lots of options this weekend! Which one did you see? (And come on, you can admit it if it was the chihuahua movie — this is a safe place.)
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i heard a review of BH today while i was in the cab on the way to work this morning and they were saying that it's a great movie for girls and their parents - so i'm not surprised that it did so well. i didn't get a chance to go to the movies this weekend so i missed out on a few things i guess.
1I saw Nick and Norah this weekend and loved it.
2I saw NNIF...loves it!!!
3ooh, I saw Beverly hills chihuahua, and I loved it! I didnt expect to love it as much as I did. I didnt expect it to be good, period! Its super cute, but its not exagerated, like I thought it would be.
4As a Chi-Mom, I am thrilled that BH Chihuahua did so well!
5Go Chihuahuas!
I saw Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist...it was really cute.
6this is a joke. i saw Nick and Norah and it was amazing!! =]=]=]
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