Weekend Box Office
1)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua $17.5 million
2)
Quarantine $14.2 million
3)
Body of Lies $13.1 million
4)
Eagle Eye $11 million
5)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist $6.5 million
6)
The Express $4.7 million
7)
Nights in Rodanthe $4.6 million
8)
Appaloosa $3.3 million
9)
The Duchess $3.3 million
10)
City of Ember $3.2 million
Disney has a bonafide hit on its hands with
Beverly Hills Chihuahua. For the second straight week in a row, the film landed in the number one spot despite some major competition. It racked up another $17.5 million, placing its cumulative grosses at $52.5 million. Strong word of mouth has kept this one going, and it should stick around the top ten for at least a few more weeks.
Some audience members were definitely in the mood to be scared, as this week's other major release
Quarantine landed in the number two spot with a close $14.2 million. Ridley Scott's latest thriller
Body of Lies, which stars the mighty pairing of Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, climbed into third place with a cool $13.1 million take.
Two other major releases couldn't quite find footing in this overcrowded market place. The Ernie Davis inspired
The Express quietly kicked things off in the sixth place spot, earning just $4.7 million. But the true disappointment comes from Fox's
City of Ember. The Bill Murray children's tale could only muster up a weak $3.2 million in tenth place. Look for it to be completely off the charts by next week.
Two smaller films did alright for themselves on the Independent arthouse scene.
RocknRolla had the highest per screen average of the weekend, taking in $20,143 at just seven theaters for a $141,000 cumulative gross. The Mike Leigh dramedy
Happy-Go-Lucky had the second best per screen average, taking in $20,000 on four screens. That evens out to a cool take of $80,000 for the weekend.
Next week, look for Disney's Chihuahuas to go up against
Max Payne,
W., and the very funny
Sex Drive. It should be one heck of a box office brawl.
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Even Ghostbusters 2 didn't bomb NEARLY that bad. Hope you recover from this blow soon Mr. Murray (jk dude, you know I love ya).
I like chihuahuas. My car likes them more.
I had to take my daughters to see the movie and its NOTHING like the trailers. It isn't a very good movie, but it IS entertaining... for young and old.
By no means am I trying to justify it beating Body of Lies. I saw that movie as well and its WAAAAYY better. But realistically... its not gonna beat a kiddie movie that's somewhat entertaining. Its just a fact. Although I honestly thought it would. These were my predictions this past Thursday for the weekend:
1 Body of Lies - 23.0 million (3 - 13.1 million)
2 Beverly Hills Chihuahua - 18.5 million (1 - 17.5 million)
3 Quarantine - 18.0 million (2 - 14.2 million)
4 Eagle Eye - 12.5 million (4 - 11.0 million)
5 The Express - 8.0 million (6 - 4.7 million)
6 City of Ember - 7.5 million (10 - 3.2 million)
7 Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist - 6.5 million (5 - 6.5 million)
8 Nights in Rodanthe - 4.2 million (7 - 4.6 million)
9 Appaloosa - 3.4 million (8 - 3.4 million)
10 Burn After Reading - 3.0 million (14 - 2.1 million
So even though I had seen Chihuahua, I thought Body of Lies would still end up number one. Guess I underestimated the kiddie world. haha
i'm glad Quarantine scored some $$$
that movie was good and scary but like others say the ending was bad and i agree