io9 
Oct 12, 2008 1:30 PM
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The box office hit of the weekend is definitely Quarantine, which took the top spot on its first day of release with a $5,350,000 haul, despite showing on fewer screens than its closest competition (Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua; Quarantine earned $2174 on average per screen, against $1398 per screen for the little dog movie). Don't expect it to last, though; industry insiders expect Chihuahua's kidlure to take the prize for the weekend after afternoon matinees and news of Quarantine's bad reviews are factored in. [Box Office Mojo]
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