Chihuahua is top dog at box office
VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Religulous off to an impressive start
By Pamela McClintock of Variety -- Video Business, 10/6/2008
OCT. 6 | VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: The weekend box office had something for everyone as Disney family pic Beverly Hills Chihuahua yapped its way to a $29 million bow, while Lionsgate’s irreverent Bill Maher docu Religulous and Sony Pictures Classics’ Rachel Getting Married got off to impressive starts on the specialty side.Maher’s doc, directed by Larry Charles, grossed an estimated $3.5 million for a per-location average of $6,972, second best for any film on the Top 10 B.O. chart after Chihuahua ($9,020), according to Rentrak.
Rachel Getting Married, opening in nine theaters in Gotham and Los Angeles, logged a sterling per-screen average of $33,659 in grossing an estimated $302,934.
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