October 3-5 - a historic weekend, as The Dark Knight bids goodbye to the top 20 (21st, $830,000, $525,833,000 overall).
1 Beverly Hills Chihuahua $29,000,000 2 Eagle Eye $17,700,000 3 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist $12,000,000 4 Nights in Rodanthe $7,355,000 5 Appaloosa $5,015,000 6 Lakeview Terrace $4,500,000 7 Burn After Reading $4,083,000 8 Fireproof $4,069,000 9 An American Carol $3,810,000 10 Religulous $3,500,000 11 Flash of Genius $2,328,000 12 Blindness $2,002,000 13 Miracle at St. Anna $1,741,000 ($6,334,000) 14 Igor $1,702,000 ($17,036,000) 15 Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys $1,650,000 ($35,252,000) 16 Righteous Kill $1,644,000 ($37,730,000) 17 My Best Friend's Girl $1,580,000 ($17,628,000) 18 Ghost Town $1,500,000 ($11,557,000) 19 How to Lose Friends and Alienate People $1,401,000 20 The Duchess $895,000 ($1,952,000)
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I would actually say that the real winner here is Rachel Getting Married. With only 9 theaters, it gathered $303,000 in it's opening with the largest Average of $33,667 per theater as opposed to $9,020 per theater by the box office champ for this week Beverly Hills Chihuahua. So congrats RGM!
2009 Oscars FYC:
Lead Actor - Richard Jenkins, The Visitor Lead Actress - Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky Supporting Actor - Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor Supporting Actress - Amy Adams, Doubt Original Screenplay - Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor