Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Theatrical release poster with original release date
Directed byRaja Gosnell
Screenplay byAnalisa LaBianco
Jeff Bushell
Story byJeff Bushell
Produced byDavid Hoberman
Todd Lieberman
John Jacobs
Ricardo Del Río
Starring
CinematographyPhil Méheux
Edited bySabrina Plisco
Music byHeitor Pereira
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • September 18, 2008 (2008-09-18) (El Capitan Theatre[1])
  • October 3, 2008 (2008-10-03) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$20 million[2]
Box office$149.3 million

Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the first in the Beverly Hills Chihuahua series. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and was released on October 3, 2008. The film stars Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis and Manolo Cardona as the human leads, and Drew Barrymore, George Lopez and Andy García in voice-over roles. The plot centers on a female Chihuahua named Chloe, who gets dognapped in Mexico and has to escape from an evil Doberman, El Diablo, with help from a lonely German Shepherd, Delgado and a hyperactive male Chihuahua, Papi, who has a desperate crush on her. A sequel, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, was released direct-to-DVD on February 1, 2011, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! was released on September 18, 2012.

  1. ^ "Chihuahua's rags-to-riches road to Hollywood". Reuters. October 3, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) - Financial Information".