Nielsen Wire » beverly hills chihuahua http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 ‘Max Payne’ Tops Weekend Box Office http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/max-payne-tops-weekend-box-office/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/max-payne-tops-weekend-box-office/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:14:13 +0000 Nielsen Wire http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=2938 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 notched a fourth straight year-over-year weekend uptick, according to Nielsen EDI.

RANK TITLE STUDIO WEEKEND EARNINGS
(Oct 17-19)
1 MAX PAYNE 20TH Century Fox 18.0M
2 BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA Walt Disney Pictures 11.2M
3 THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES FOX Searchlight 11.1M
4 W. Lionsgate 10.6M
5 Eagle Eye Dreamworks 7.3M
Source: The Hollywood Reporter / Nielsen EDI (October 17, 2008 – October 19, 2008).

Watch analysis from The Hollywood Reporter’s Carl DiOrio

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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 / Nielsen EDI (October 10, 2008 – October 12, 2008).

More info and updates at The Hollywood Reporter.

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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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