“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” wins box office, makes overall weekend sunny for studios and theater owners

The very good family 3D movie “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” soared above the box office this weekend, winning with nearly 3x the revenue of 2nd place’s “The Informant!”, but the Matt Damon movie’s box office gross was a good showing, considering it nearly returned half of its $22 million budget.

“I Can Do Bad All By Myself” lost nearly 60% of its audience and slipped to 3rd place.   Other newbies “Love Happens” and “Jennifer’s Body” at least made the top 5… perhaps a surprise to some: “Love Happens” had the 3rd highest per screen average of the weekend, so it was pretty strong, but played in fewer theaters (only “The Final Destination” played in fewer theaters of the top 10).

Overall, the weekend was up about 15% from last weekend.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” – $30.10 million (1st week)

2. “The Informant!” – $10.55 million (1st week)

3. “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” – $10.06 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 57% of audience from last week)

4. “Love Happens” – $8.46 million (1st week)

5. “Jennifer’s Body” – $6.80 million (1st week)

6. “9″ – $5.46 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 49% from last week)

7. “Inglourious Basterds” – $3.60 million
(5th week, was #3 last week, lost 41% of audience from last week)

8. “All About Steve” - $3.40 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 40% from last week)

9. “Sorority Row” – $2.49 million 
(2nd week, was #6 last week, lost 51% from last week)

10. “The Final Destination” – $2.38 million
(4th week, was #5 last week, lost 57% from last week)

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11. “Whiteout” – $2.06 million 
(2nd week, was #7 last week, lost 58% from last week)

12. “Julie & Julia” – $1.90 million
(7th week, was #9 last week, lost 40% from last week)

13. “District 9″ - $1.85 million
(6th week, was #8 last week, lost 48% from last week)

14. “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” - $1.37 million
(7th week, was #11 last week, lost 44% from last week)

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“Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” poster courtesy Columbia Pictures

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo