At The Movies: Animated 3D 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' Reigns Supreme for Second Weekend
Published 09/28/2009, by Tim Boswell

2009-09-21 - At The MoviesThe animated flick, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," took last weekend's box office, and continued its reign this weekend, by sweeping all movies again to remain at the #1 spot.

The animated 3D film by Sony raked in another $24.6 million for its second straight win at the box office. So far, it's raised its domestic haul to $60 million after 10 days in theaters.

"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" did well enough to fend off the release of Bruce Willis' new action thriller "Surrogates," which debuted at #2 with $15 million.

"Surrogates" reportedly cost $80 million to produce, and with such a slow start -- a blow to Disney's expectations.

"I don't think this was a great moviegoing weekend, for whatever reason," Chuck Viane, head of distribution for Disney, told the Associated Press. "I'm disappointed we're not #1, but very happy we beat the other films we opened against."

Then, coming in third with $10 million, was the MGM's musical drama "Fame," a new take on the 1980s music and dance hit about students at a school for performing arts.

"Informant!," a Steven Soderbergh flick starring Matt Damon, landed at #4 with $6.9 million, while "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" rounded out the top 5 with $4.8 million.

As for other new releases, the sci-fi horror "Pandorum," opened at #6 with $4.4 million, while Michael Moore's documentary "Capitalism: A Love Story" opened strongly in limited release with a $240,000 weekend haul in just four theaters. "Capitalism" expands nationwide Friday.

Next weekend, watch out for new flicks like the fantasy comedy "The Invention of Lying," the re-release of "Toy Story 2" in 3D, the comedy "Whip It," and the horror comedy "Zombieland."

This weekend's top 10 is as follows:

1 - "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," $24.6 million.
2 - "Surrogates," $15 million.
3 - "Fame," $10 million.
4 - "The Informant!", $6.9 million.
5 - "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself," $4.8 million.
6 - "Pandorum," $4.4 million.
7 - "Love Happens," $4.3 million.
8 - "Jennifer's Body," $3.5 million.
9 - "9," $2.8 million.
10 - "Inglourious Basterds," $2.7 million.

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