Box Office: Beverly Hill Chihuahua Number One

Beverly Hills Chihuahua #1
Box Office Results:
Weekend of October 3-5 2008



It was a a movie weekend that Paris Hilton could love.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua finished in the top spot with $29.3 million in gross ticket sales. Eagle Eye ($17.7M) and Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist (11.3) finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

The weekend was Hollywood's busiest opening weekend in years.

There are seven movies opening in wide-release this weekend. Let that sink in for a minute. Seven films! That's the most crowded opening weekend in years.
--Hilary Lewis, Seven Movies Battling It Out At The Box Office

American Carol finished the weekend in a respectable ninth, with $3.65 in ticket sales--about a quarter million dollars higher than predicted.




1 Beverly Hills Chihuahua - - - - - $29,300,465 - $29,300,465
2 Eagle Eye - - - - - $17,709,817 - $54,614,521
3 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist $11,311,751 - $11,311,751
4 Nights in Rodanthe - - - - - - - - $7,368,259 - -$25,088,183
5 Appaloosa - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$5,050,310 - - $5,605,167
6 Lakeview Terrace - - - - - - - - - - $4,561,227 - -$32,201,255
7 Burn After Reading - - - - - - - - - $4,120,129 - -$51,678,103
8 Fireproof - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$3,987,509 - -$12,410,216
9 An American Carol - - - - - - - - - -$3,656,000 - - $3,656,000
10 Religulous - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,409,643 - - $3,428,633
--WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: October 3–5, 2008

American Carol finished fourth among the debuting features.


by Mondo
image: dbkp file

Top Ten Movies June 13 2008: Hulk on top

"There were a lot of naysayers out there when we said we were doing this." "The Hulk smashed those naysayers."Nikki Rocco, Universal's president of domestic distribution
--Nikki Rocco, Universal's president of domestic distribution

Weekend Box Office Leaders: June 13-15, 2008

The latest movie adaptation of Marvel Comic's The Incredible Hulk finished where the comic book character usually end up: on top.

Judged against Spider-Man, Hulk came up short. Judged against Hulk, The Incredible Hulk came up big. The franchise restart, starring Edward Norton, topped the weekend box office with $54.5 million, according to Exhibitor Relations estimates today. While that's about $8 million less than what Ang Lee's Hulk opened with in 2003, the gross is considered a victory for Universal Pictures, which had to overcome, well, Ang Lee's Hulk

The Hulk accounted for about a third of all ticket sales over the weekend.

#2 - Kung Fu Panda $34.3 million

#3 The Happening 30.5 million



#4 Don't Mess with the Zohan 16.4 million

The rest of the Top Ten:

5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $13.5 million
6. Sex and the City, $10.2 million
7. Iron Man, $5.1 million
8. The Strangers, $4.1 million
9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $3 million
10. What Happens in Vegas, $1.7 million

The total movie box office receipts for 2008 are almost equal to this same time last year.

by Mondoreb
images: Universal
Sources:
* Incredible Hulk Smashes Past
* Today in Pop Culture