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Posted Oct 20, 2008

Mark Wahlberg’s action thriller “Max Payne,” a movie based on the popular video game, grabbed the top weekend box office spot with an $18M take. “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” fell to second place with $11.2M after spending its first two weeks at the top of the pack. “The Secret Life Of Bees,” which featured music and screen star power from Queen Latifah, Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, and Dakota Fanning, finished third ahead of “W.” the bio pic of Bush 43 from Oliver Stone. The industry’s $103 million in collective grosses …

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Posted Oct 14, 2008

Despite the opening-weekend star power of Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, and director Ridley Scott, the Middle Eastern thriller “Body Of Lies,” brought in only $13.1M, leaving it in third place. “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” took the top spot in box office earnings for the second week in a row, scooping up $17.5M in its second week. The horror film “Quarantine” grabbed the second spot, scaring up $14.2M in its first week.

RANK
TITLE
STUDIO
WEEKEND EARNINGS
(Oct 10-12)

1
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
17.5M

2
QUARANTINE
SONY PICTURES
14.2M

3
BODY OF LIES
WARNER BROS.
13.1M

4
EAGLE EYE
DREAMWORKS/PARAMOUNT
11M

5
NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST
SONY PICTURES
6.5M

Source: The Hollywood Reporter / …

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Posted Oct 6, 2008

“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 …

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