Oct 27 2008 'Senior Year' Wins Box Office, Because Seniors RULE
The weekend box office numbers are in!
1. High School Musical 3: Senior Year - Yeesh, $42 million? I'm sensing a High School Musical: The College Years, High School Musical: The New Class, High School Musical: Hawaiian Style, and a High School Musical: Wedding in Las Vegas can't be far behind.
2. Saw V - $30.5 million, and now millions of people know a few more elaborate and painful ways to murder you.
3. Max Payne - Whups, just $7.6 million. The only thing emptier than the seats was Wahlberg's performance! I just got you so bad, Wahlberg.
4. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - Since dropping another two spots with only $6.9 million, I've switched my take on talking dogs from a "don't buy" to a "sell."
5. Pride & Glory - Of course it only made $6.3 million; who can relate to pride or glory? You want to get people in the seats, make Shame & Self-Pity.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Oct 24 2008 The Collateral Damage of 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua'
Look what you've done now:
More than 100 high-energy Chihuahuas abandoned by owners have been crowding Santa Barbara County's three shelters in recent months, leading Animal Services officials to stage this week's Adopt-a-Chihuahua Week.Each adopted Chihuahua comes with its own pink carrying case, trimmed in fake black fur.
Well, at least they come with these sweet carrying cases. It's like those vinyl compartmented things they used to sell to hold G.I. Joes, only with dogs. But why is this movie related? Because, as with most sadness, Beverly Hills Chihuahua is at least partially to blame:
Chihuahuas became hip after the 2001 release of "Legally Blonde," whose star Reese Witherspoon brings her Chihuahua along to Harvard Law School. Paris Hilton was also seen toting her Chihuahua, and the movie hit "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is still in theaters.
The worst is going to be when Hotel for Dogs* comes out, and shelters quickly fill with every breed of strangely-expressive dog. So, everyone, stop adopting everything you see engaged in biologically impossible speech just because it's in a movie. Thanks.
*This is assuming Hotel for Dogs is a real movie, not a satirical fake movie from an episode of Seinfeld (i.e., Sack Lunch).
Unwanted Chihuahuas crowd Santa Barbara shelters [SF Gate] (Thanks, Sarah.)
Oct 20 2008 Everyone Loved 'Max Payne' Last Weekend
The weekend box office went thusly:
1. Max Payne - $18 million. I thought I'd be happy that talking dogs were no longer the #1 movie, but I've decided talking Mark Wahlberg can often be just as bad.
2. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - $11.2 million. No, never mind. Forget everything I said. Talking dogs are worse.
3. The Secret Life of Bees - $11.1 million, because everyone wants to know just what the hell bees have been up to all these years.
4. W. - Made $10.6 million and successfully convinced most audiences not to vote for Bush this time.
5. Eagle Eye - $7.3 million. So, anyway, an eagle's eye: best eye? Probably.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Oct 13 2008 Talking Animals Retain Popularity from Week to Week
Weekend box office results!
1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - $17.5 million. Number one. For the second straight week. Nice job, everyone.
2. Quarantine - $14.2 million, which is worse than the talking dog movie's second week.
3. Body of Lies - $13.1 million--way less than the second week of the movie where dogs talk.
4. Eagle Eye - $11 million, suggesting the stars of this film were probably humans rather than, say, talking dogs in their second week of a movie's run.
5. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - $6.5 million. Infinite playlist? More like infinitely less popular than another week of talking dogs!
Oct 6 2008 Talking 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]
May 6 2008 Chihuahuatch This Teaser Trailer to 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua'!
It's like if an old Taco Bell Chalupa commercial created an IO Digital Cable commercial. By which I mean it looks really good.
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May 1 2008 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' Becomes a Small, Yapping Virus
With all the hoopla surrounding the intricate Dark Knight viral marketing campaign, with its network of websites, real-life clues, and requests to publicly dress up as clowns, it's easy to miss the equally-brilliant campaigns for smaller movies about culture clash in talking chihuahua society. Such at the below video, seemingly promoting Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Though the jingoistic cries for chihuahua rebellion make no direct reference to the film, the lack of any mention of Chalupas, the distinct vocals of BHC star George Lopez, and a style of stupidity that perfectly matches the idiotic poster lead me to believe it is almost certainly some very sad attempt at viral marketing. That said, I plan to follow it intently. Viva chihuahuas!
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Apr 15 2008 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' Poster, Pain
The elements have all been there for time time: the director of both live-action Scooby-Doo movies, the Paris Hilton-fueled interest in handbag-size dogs, decade-old Taco Bell commercials. It was only a matter of time before they merged into something terrible. But this? This?*
*I think "this" is Sweet Home Alabama with stereotyped dogs.
Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua One-Sheet [Coming Soon]
