CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Tops Box Office
Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs stormed the North American box office this weekend with a solid $30.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Playing in both 3D and standard format, Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s animated adventure scored an average of $9,651 per theater at 3,119 locations. The film follows an inventor who faces the consequences of his latest invention: a device that converts water into food.
Debuting in second place with a decent three-day gross of $10.5 million was Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant!, which stars Matt Damon as an exec helping the FBI uncover his company’s price-fixing scheme. The film is showing at 2,505 locations.
Taraji P. Henson in I Can Do Bad All By Myself. Photo: Quantrell Colbert.
Still doing well despite a significant drop was Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself, starring Taraji P. Henson, which generated another $10 million at No. 3 for a domestic gross of $37.9 million after a little more than a week in release.
Following in fourth place was new entry Love Happens, which earned $8.4 million from ticket sales at 1,898 locations. In the Brandon Camp-directed drama, Aaron Eckhart plays a self-help author falling for a florist (Jennifer Aniston, above, with Judy Greer).
Megan Fox in Jennifer’s Body. Photo: Doane Gregory.
Fox delivered a rather disappointing start for Jennifer’s Body, which opened at 2,702 locations, but earned only $6.8 million. Scripted by Academy Award winner Diablo Cody, the film stars Megan Fox as a high school hottie finding great pleasure in eating boys.
Meanwhile, Shane Acker’s 9 slipped to No. 6 with a weekend gross of $5.4 million and a total haul of $22.7 million. Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds followed in seventh place, taking home $3.6 million for a cume of $109.9 million.
At the bottom of the top 10, Sandra Bullock’s disastrous comedy All About Steve picked up another $3.4 million, enough for No. 8. The film’s total gross currently stands at $26.6 million.
Summit Entertainment’s horror flick Sorority Row dropped to No. 9, collecting $2.4 million for a total gross of $8.8 million after only one week in release. Finally, The Final Destination landed at No. 10 with weekend earnings of $2.3 million and a total of $62.3 million.
Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)
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