WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: THEY WERE RIGHT
10.06.08
On Friday I scoffed at the analysts predicting a $30 million dollar weekend for Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Today I was vindicated by results showing that it only tallied 29. Of course, that was still good enough for the number one spot. Hmm, I wonder if people will use a lame play on words to report this…
CNN: Beverly Hills Chihuahua barks up right tree
Reuters: Chihuahua best in show at US Box Office
Reuters Alt: Chihuahua has paws on box office prize
AP: Audiences adopt Chihuahua with $29M weekend
NY Times: A dog has its days
Times of the Internet: Chihuahua is top dog
MSNBC: Box office goes to dogs
Comingsoon.net: Moviegoers pant over Chihuahua pic
NorthbyNorthwestern: Ay Chihuahua!
Screenhead: Beverly Hills Chihuahua leads the pack
Ace Showbiz: Beverly Hills Chihuahua cementing its pawn in box office [wait, wha??]
Orlando Sentinel: Tiny but mighty! Chihuahuas rule the BO roost [You're doing it wrong!]
Meanwhile, about 85% of the reviews called it “a real dog”. My headline: “Reporters sniff each other’s assholes, charmingly unashamed.”
Full top ten after the jump.
1. “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” $29 million.
2. “Eagle Eye,” $17.7 million.
3. “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” $12 million.
4. “Nights in Rodanthe,” $7.4 million.
5. “Appaloosa,” $5 million.
6. “Lakeview Terrace,” $4.5 million.
7. “Burn After Reading,” $4.08 million.
8. “Fireproof,” $4.07 million.
9. “An American Carol,” $3.8 million.
10. “Religulous,” $3.5 million. [CNN]
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Dog egg.
So are you saying that DireMUTT won Comment of the Week? I’m confused by the title of this post and the accompanying story. Also wondering if I imagined the Tina Fey post.
Does anyone else smell burning toast?
Hollywood Chihuahuas lifted their legs and pissed on Shia, humped Nick and Norah’s Playlist, ate some grass and threw up on John Malkovich’s memoir, spent a Night in Rodanthe and chased a gerbil up Richard Gere’s ass, and then proceeded to do lines of coke off Kirk Cameron’s sweet white ass. What a weekend it was.
Did anyone else know that you do not, in fact, pronounce it “Chai-hoowah-hoowah“?
Is it me, or is this “Comments of the Week” post missing something?
So that fucking CGI chihuahua got #1 at the box office AND a CoTW?
This is bullshit.
What the hell? Damn dogs.
Dont be sad the dogs won, this weeks prize was sniffing Vince’s butt anyway.
I’m still handing out free candy at the theater.
I was also in the news with a similar headline: “Puppy in van attracts maximum jail sentence.”
I can’t tell if I Dursted or just made everybody really horny.
How about Chihuahua shakes its way into Box Office lead or Chihuahua’s incessant yipping heard, answered by moviegoers everywhere
Sup bird rapists? I’m in the waiting room about to get a root canal. Jealous?
If I type funny later, its just the novocain.
“Dumb bitchs carry chihuahua to number one in retardedly expensive purses”
Chihuahua pees all over box office after being frightened by throngs of moviegoers.
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So did that fucking varmint drop the chalupa for Alyssa Milano, or what?
And people wonder why terrorists exsist.
Not faring as well at the box office was my film “Los Barrio Chinchilla” about a rodent that spreads AIDS through needle sharing.
9. “An American Carol,” $3.8 million.
10. “Religulous,” $3.5 million.
I really hope this isn’t a statement about the way voters in this country are leaning.
New Pup!
“America gets rimjob from chihuahua, pay $29m, love it”