'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' tops weekend box office - Los Angeles Times

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While You Were Taking This Blaggless Blog One Day At A Time
Published 10/6/2008 by Dan Hopper at Best Week Ever
Beverly Hills Chihuaha earned $29 million this weekend to top the box office, narrowly edging out Close-Up Animals With A Wide Angle Lens Wearing Hats. Disney threw a huge sweet sixteen party for Miley Cyrus this weekend, giving her $5 off the Disney World gate price, a personalized license plate keychain, and all the Chip n' Dale fudge bars she could eat (for 9 Disney Dollars apiece). Eddie Van Halen got engaged to longtime girlfriend Janie ...

Signs of the Times: Beverly Hills Chihuahua Kills it at the Box Office
Published 10/6/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
... , so it's not surprising that people are turning out to the theaters at a higher rate now than when they used to be able to afford groceries and houses and stuff. (The gross for the top 12 movies this weekend was up 42 percent from the same weekend a year ago.) But still, the success of Beverly Hills Chihuahua a movie about a pampered pooch named Chloe who winds up lost in Mexico "without a day spa or Rodeo Drive boutique anywhere in sight" is difficult to comprehend. Its ...