It’s such a stroke of genius that we’re astonished nobody had thought of it first – putting everyone’s favourite two loves of Beverly Hills and a chihuahua together in a movie.
Because the result is the complex, morally ambiguous rites of passage epic Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and it’s just become the number one movie at the weekend box office.
No wonder the weekend box office loves Beverly Hills Chihuahua – if anyone who’s seen the movie didn’t start to choke up at the moment when the Beverly Hills Chihuahua sits in a little chair wearing sunglasses and listening to Right Said Fred, well, we’re just not even sure that they’re human.
Hey kids, want to get rich quick? Then why not follow the hot moviemaking trend of 2008 – pitching films based solely on the fact that the title is made up of a thing and an animal. It’s simple. Kung Fu Panda did it, and that made a crapload of money. And now Beverly Hills Chihuahua has followed the exact same formula and got to the top of the US weekend box office.
So, Hollywood executives, if you’re reading, here are the names of your next five big family hits: Carwash Bloodhound, Pub Mongoose, Croydon Giraffe, Tax Inspector Snow Leopard and Horseradish Kestrel. You may bill us for these ideas accordingly. Here’s this week’s weekend box office top five…
1 - Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Don’t get cocky, Beverly Hills Chihuahua – the other TV and movie dogs could still beat you up pretty badly. Lassie‘s got a swift left paw, Rin Tin Tin a ferocious bite – and you know why The Littlest Hobo never settles down? He’s on the run for aggravated rape. Be careful, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, that’s all we’re saying) $29,000,000
2 – Eagle Eye (No no no Eagle Eye, you got it all wrong. It’s the name of a thing then the name of an animal, not the name of an animal then the name of a thing. Honestly, if you’d got it right and called yourself Eye Eagle, you’d still be number one at the weekend box office this week. Idiot) $17,700,000
3 – Nick And Nora’s Infinite Playlist (Hey, it’s a Michael Cera movie! Wonder what it’s about? Oh, Michael Cera being the exact same person he’s ever played in anything ever? Yay!) $12,000,000
4 – Nights In Rodanthe (The producers of this senior romance movie might not have known it, but the word ‘Rodanthe’ literally translates into ‘a stinking cess-poll of death’ in 25 different languages. Good lucking marketing that in Malaysia, producers!) $7,355,000
5 - Appaloosa (An anagram of Appaloosa is Alas, A Poop. We hope this more than makes up for the fact we have no idea what Appaloosa is about) $5,015,000
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Weekend Box Office – Box Office Mojo
