Oct 6 2008Talking Animals Proven Popular Once Again
Movies remained a popular form of entertainment this last weekend. Here is a listing of how many dollars the five most popular made:
1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - $29 million, handily beating every movie without CGI talking dogs.
2. Eagle Eye - $17.7 million, which is worse than the talking dog movie.
3. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - $12 million, way less than the movie where dogs talk.
4. Nights in Rodanthe - $7.4 million, suggesting the stars of this film were probably humans rather than, say, talking dogs.
5. Appaloosa - $5 million? Hey, guys, how about adding some talking dogs to the mix and making some real scratch, know what what I'm sayin'? Or at least a white hot romance between two consenting middle-aged adults, which is also a more profitable formula.
Incidentally, Blindness came in 12th with only $2 million, so I guess the protest worked to keep that one down. As did very bad reviews.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Reader Comments
1. the sysop - October 6, 2008 11:42 AM
first? gimme a trophy and a chalupa
2. Bobeyo - October 6, 2008 11:49 AM
What's with the obsession with lapdogs in today's society? I'm feeling disgusted with the world right now. I think I'll go flip off a Taco Bell employee.
3. Tom "Doc" Baker - October 6, 2008 11:56 AM
Saw Blindness yesterday, wish I didn't. Even though I got a free pass to it, the movie was just too despressing. And there's no payoff to sitting through it all either.
If anyone was interested in seeing it, I strongly recommend waiting until it's a rental. Not worth today's stupid-high ticket prices.
4. Zyclonis - October 6, 2008 12:23 PM
$29 million? you've got to be kidding me. Americans truely are stupid.
5. Eddy - October 6, 2008 12:47 PM
Did they have the Salvador Dali short in front of the talking chihuahua film? I read (possibly on Wikipedia, so its not reliable) that they were planning to. Honestly, I'd consider going to see this frakking thing only to leave early to escape the terror of hearing Edward James Olmos voice a talking dog.
6. photosynthesize - October 6, 2008 2:14 PM
i don't like dogs making eye contact and smiling. it's creepy.
7. Ramon M. - October 6, 2008 2:57 PM
and in other news, the stock market is crashing.
i can understand the mentality. the economy sucks, i want to see talking dogs.
8. Kenton - October 6, 2008 5:36 PM
Just for the record, when this monstrosity first previewed before Narnia in May, I was the ass in the front row that BOOOOOO'd this with 100s of kids in the audience.
age 27
thank you
9. Hank - October 6, 2008 6:46 PM
Eagle Eye worse than that extended Taco Bell commercial? I thought it was good popcorn fare...