Box Office - 'Chihuahua' Wins Friday, 'Lose Friends' Loses Big

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04Oct2008

Box Office - 'Chihuahua' Wins Friday, 'Lose Friends' Loses Big

Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 12:46PM

Beverly Hills Chihuahua is well on its way to getting a treat at the end of the weekend. The family-friendly talking animal comedy from Disney raced out to nearly $8 million on Friday, according to Box Office Mojo.

That number is a little shy of what it would need to average on Saturday and Sunday to get near the $30 million ballpark analysts had predicted. No other new release made even 70% that much on Friday.

Eagle Eye is having a strong second weekend; its Friday totals were about $1 million over third-place finisher Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, which should wind up in the $12 - $14 neighborhood by Monday morning.

There were two notable surprises: Appaloosa, the Ed Harris western that expanded into more than 1,000 theaters this weekend, is on pace to finish in fifth place, while the more aggressively marketed How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is simply one of the biggest bombs of the year.

The comedy is currently looking at a sub-$2 million weekend after scraping together less than half a million bucks on Friday. Ouch. Barring some massive turnaround, How to Lose Friends will make less than $8 million total during its domestic run, and even then, $8 million is a really liberal finish line.

We'll have full weekend box office results tomorrow.

Colin Boyd |

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