You ask why Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the No. 1 movie in America. I have a few reasons why.
One reason kid movies fare better at the box office relative to other movies is because because of population. It is something about talking animals that perform bad rap lyrics that gets kids excited. The kid gets so excited that they beg their parents to go see the movie. Animation movies with animals, aliens, or objects that are not supposed to talk are a big hit. People from age 0-19 make up about 28% of the population, so kids make up a significant chunk. This means high volumes of ticket sales.
Another reason these movies are so big is because of fantasy. There are no talking dogs in the real world, or a yellow sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea, but if you go to a movie theater you will be able to see this. And think about this: if you are a small child that is just learning about the world, you are going to be interested in anything new that comes around. In the world a child primarily finds out the difference between animals and humans. The difference is that humans can talk, and animals can’t. When a child sees a talking animal on television that is going to be a thing of interest to that child. That child doesn’t experience many talking animals in his adolescent day, so he/she is excited to go see a talking animal at the movies. Also, I bet a good number of adults went to see the movie; adults who were not dragged to the screening by their children. People of the United States like fantasy. Think of the highest grossing movies since the 60s. A lot of them have been fanatical (Star Wars, Lord of The Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, E.T. the Extraterrestrial).
Music, reason number three. Every human likes music. I don’t care what culture you’re from, your people enjoy music. Kids enjoy music the most out of all of us, basically because it is relatively new to them. Every Disney/Pixar or any other animation movie has some music in it. Most people of the United States have a favorite song from a fanatical movie. One of my favorite songs is “Bear (Bare) Necessities” from Disney’s The Jungle Book. I loved that song, and still enjoy it today. It was cool to me back then to have a bear performing R&B. Today it is the same thing. We have an animal, the dog, performing Hip Hop. The main difference to me is that music was of better quality back in the day (the ‘60sJ). That rap performance by that dog seemed like the producers didn’t even try! That’s the best rhyme they can come up with?! I could have done better than that….(back on topic)
Music, fantasy, and kid population make this movie the No. 1 in the nation. Some people may look at this and say “Some people are easily entertained (code word for stupid).” That may be the case, but it is the society that we live in. I say if it is not effecting you directly or indirectly then do not worry about it; let people enjoy their bad rapping Chihuahuas. But if it is harming you, fight against it the best way you can or leave the country.
That’s all I got to say.
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