How much did Beverly Hill Chihuahua net at the box office this weekend?
‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’ Tops The Box Office‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’, a movie about talking dogs topped the weekend box office, trampling Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe’s ‘Body of Lies’ based on Iraq and the mess called the Middle East, proving movie stars seem to have lost their ability to rake in theatre audiences. The terrorism thriller only managed to collect an anaemic $13.1-million, despite starring DiCaprio and Crowe, who are considered two of the biggest draws in the movie business. At $70-million, Body of Lies adapted from a best selling novel about a CIA agent, pursuing a terrorist leader all the way from USA to Iraq , Turkey and Jordan , was an expensive movie to produce, and like other movies focused on the Iraq war, failed to perform despite big-name stars like Tom Cruise and Reese Witherspoon. The market free fall on Wall Street ensured escapism ruled the weekend, as Walt Disney Pictures Beverly Hills Chihuahua, amassed an estimated $17.5-million in tickets over th
