“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 …

“Eagle Eye”, the terrorism-themed thriller from Dreamworks/Paramount, took in an estimated $29.2 million between Friday and Sunday, to open strongly at the top of the U.S. Box Office this weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Nights in Rodanthe,”  starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane, came in second, earning $13.6 million.
Below are box-office totals for the weekend of September 26-28, from Nielsen EDI.

RANK
FILM
STUDIO
WEEKEND
GROSS
(MILLIONS)

1
Eagle Eye
DREAMWORKS/PARAMOUNT
$29,150,721
$29.2

2
Nights In Rodanthe
WARNER BROS.
$13,418,454
$13.4

3
Lakeview Terrace
SONY PICTURES
$6,966,711
$25.7

4
Fireproof
IDP DISTRIBUTION
$6,804,764
$6.8

5
Burn After Reading
FOCUS FEATURES
$6,196,269
$45.6

6
Igor
MGM STUDIOS
$5,383,912
$14.2

7
My Best Friend’s Girl
LIONSGATE
$3,882,912
$14.6

8
Righteous Kill
OVERTURE FILMS
$3,709,480
$34.7

9
Miracle At St. Anna
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
$3,477,996
$3.5

10
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys
LIONSGATE
$3,125,620
$32.8

Source: The Hollywood Reporter / Nielsen EDI