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Audiences choose 'Chihuahua' with $29M debut

October 07 12:05:01 PM, Yahoo News

AP - Drew Barrymore's "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" pawed its way to the top spot at the weekend box office, debuting with $29.3 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC:

1. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," Disney, $29,300,465, 3,215 locations, $9,114 average, $29,300,465, one week.

2. "Eagle Eye," DreamWorks-Paramount, $17,709,817, 3,516 locations, $5,037 average, $54,614,521, two weeks.

3. "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," Sony, $11,311,751, 2,421 locations, $4,672 average, $11,311,751, one week.

4. "Nights in Rodanthe," Warner Bros., $7,368,259, 2,702 locations, $2,727 average, $25,088,183, two weeks.

5. "Appaloosa," Warner Bros., $5,050,310, 1,045 locations, $4,833 average, $5,605,167, three weeks.

6. "Lakeview Terrace," Sony Screen Gems, $4,561,227, 2,574 locations, $1,772 average, $32,201,255, three weeks.

7. "Burn After Reading," Focus, $4,120,129, 2,397 locations, $1,719 average, $51,678,103, four weeks.

8. "Fireproof," Samuel Goldwyn, $3,987,509, 852 locations, $4,680 average, $12,410,216, two weeks.

9. "An American Carol," Vivendi Entertainment, $3,656,000, 1,639 locations, $2,231 average, $3,656,000, one week.

10. "Religulous," Lionsgate, $3,409,643, 502 locations, $6,792 average, $3,428,633, one week.

11. "Flash of Genius," Universal, $2,251,075, 1,098 locations, $2,050 average, $2,251,075, one week.

12. "Blindness," Miramax, $1,950,260, 1,690 locations, $1,154 average, $1,950,260, one week.

13. "Igor," MGM, $1,739,078, 2,332 locations, $746 average, $17,073,170, three weeks.

14. "Miracle at St. Anna," Disney, $1,736,302, 1,185 locations, $1,465 average, $6,329,692, two weeks.

15. "Righteous Kill," Overture Films, $1,609,959, 1,789 locations, $900 average, $37,696,040, four weeks.

16. "Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys," Lionsgate, $1,589,086, 933 locations, $1,703 average, $35,190,864, four weeks.

17. "My Best Friend's Girl," Lionsgate, $1,563,164, 1,702 locations, $918 average, $17,610,847, three weeks.

18. "Ghost Town," DreamWorks-Paramount, $1,469,919, 1,456 locations, $1,010 average, $11,526,769, three weeks.

19. "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," MGM, $1,430,294, 1,750 locations, $817 average, $1,430,294, one week.

20. "The Duchess," Paramount Vantage, $893,990, 127 locations, $7,039 average, $1,950,786, three weeks.

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Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Rogue Pictures are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; DreamWorks, Paramount and Paramount Classics are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney's parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros., New Line, Warner Independent and Picturehouse are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.

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