'Chihuahua' collars top weekend slot with $17.5M

October 14 12:05:01 PM, Yahoo News

Cast member Jamie Lee Curtis (R), holding Chihuahuas Angel, and comedian George Lopez holding Rusco, pose at the world premiere of 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, California September 18, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

AP - "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" kept audiences on the leash as it retained the top spot at the box office, fetching $17.5 million in its second weekend.

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, $17,502,077, 3,218 locations, $5,439 average, $52,532,310, two weeks.

2. "Quarantine," Sony Screen Gems, $14,211,321, 2,461 locations, $5,775 average, $14,211,321, one week.

3. "Body of Lies," Warner Bros., $12,884,416, 2,710 locations, $4,754 average, $12,884,416, one week.

4. "Eagle Eye," DreamWorks-Paramount, $10,913,762, 3,614 locations, $3,020 average, $70,409,979, three weeks.

5. "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," Sony, $6,420,474, 2,421 locations, $2,652 average, $20,730,708, two weeks.

6. "The Express," Universal, $4,562,675, 2,808 locations, $1,625 average, $4,562,267, one week.

7. "Nights in Rodanthe," Warner Bros., $4,541,201, 2,575 locations, $1,764 average, $32,297,101, three weeks.

8. "Appaloosa," Warner Bros., $3,321,389, 1,290 locations, $2,575 average, $10,867,693, four weeks.

9. "The Duchess," Paramount Vantage, $3,304,841, 1,207 locations, $2,738 average, $5,603,061, four weeks.

10. "Fireproof," Samuel Goldwyn, $3,140,997, 875 locations, $3,590 average, $16,875,765, three weeks.

11. "City of Ember," Fox, $3,129,473, 2,022 locations, $1,548 average, $3,129,473, one week.

12. "Lakeview Terrace," Sony Screen Gems, $2,654,644, 2,218 locations, $1,197 average, $36,201,729, four weeks.

13. "Religulous," Lionsgate, $2,230,898, 568 locations, $3,928 average, $6,732,631, two weeks.

14. "Burn After Reading," Focus, $2,095,647, 1,406 locations, $1,491 average, $55,177,399, five weeks.

15. "An American Carol," Vivendi Entertainment, $1,395,000, 1,621 locations, $861 average, $5,971,000, two weeks.

16. "Flash of Genius," Universal, $867,780, 1,098 locations, $790 average, $3,744,790, two weeks.

17. "Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys," Lionsgate, $840,767, 539 locations, $1,560 average, $36,405,889, five weeks.

18. "Igor," MGM, $560,410, 1,195 locations, $469 average, $18,073,854, four weeks.

19. "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros., $528,328, 375 locations, $1,409 average, $526,690,914, 13 weeks.

20. "Ghost Town," DreamWorks-Paramount, $502,402, 575 locations, $874 average, $12,500,221, four 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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