For second week, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” tops the box office, new movies struggle

“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” overshadowed the weekend, with nearly $10 million more than new movie “Surrogates” in 2nd place, “Fame” was 3rd, and “Pandorum” was a distant 6th.

Overall, the weekend was down 5% from last weekend and with $82.77 million, it ranks as the 2nd lowest total revenue of 2009 (September 4-6 was $81.12 million).

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” – $24.60 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 19% of audience from last week)

2. “Surrogates” – $15.00 million (1st week)

3. “Fame” (2009) – $10.03 million (1st week)

4. “The Informant!” – $6.92 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 34% from last week)

5. “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” – $4.75 million
(3rd week, was #3 last week, lost 52% of audience from last week)

6. “Pandorum” – $4.41 million (1st week)

7. “Love Happens” – $4.33 million
(2nd week, was #4 last week, lost 46% from last week)

8. “Jennifer’s Body” – $3.50 million
(2nd week, was #5 last week, lost 49% from last week)

9. “9″ – $2.83 million
(3rd week, was #6 last week, lost 49% from last week)

10. “Inglourious Basterds” – $2.72 million
(6th week, was #7 last week, lost 29% of audience from last week)

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11. “All About Steve” - $2.30 million
(4th week, was #8 last week, lost 32% from last week)

15. “District 9″ - $1.08 million
(7th week, was #13 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