Sony’s “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” continued a strong run in its sophomore weekend at the box office with an estimated $24.6 million grossed from 2,951 venues. Film which features the voice talents of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Andy Samberg, Mr. T and Bobb’e J. Thompson showed a mere 18% change in compared to last weekend’s $30.3 million take.
Disappointing in second place with just $15 million was Touchstone Pictures’ “Surrogates” frontlined by Bruce Willis and including Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe and Ving Rhames. Science fiction actioner/thriller is helmed by Jonathan Mostow and adapted for the screen by Michael Ferris and John Brancato based on the novel from Top Shelf Comix' Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele. Still, even with Willis in the lead, the film which opened in 2,951 locations averaged just $5,083 per theatre.
MGM’s “Fame” reboot was never destined to do well at the box office and ended in third position with $10 million from 3,096 venues at a low $3,241 per-theatre average. IMDb users in particular have shown their dislike with a current 4.3/10 average rating and the score looks to plummet further for the Kevin Tancharoen film.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ Matt Damon starrer “The Informant!” showed a 33.9% change in its sophomore weekend with $6.9 million earned, bringing the total gross thus far to around $20.9 million.
“Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” denied Overture Films’ science fiction horror “Pandorum” entry into the top five when posting $4.7 million in its third weekend. Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid starrer earned $4.4 million but the money should not be a reflection of the film’s quality as overall reception has been positive for the Christian Alvart film.
Romance “Love Happens” dropped 46.3% in its second weekend with $4.3 million ahead of the rapidly plummeting “Jennifer’s Body” flopper in seventh with $3.5 million.
Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov-produced “9” from Shane Acker takes its total over $27.1 million with a further $2.8 million added in ninth place.
Ending the top ten films is Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” with $2.7 million pulled in from its sixth weekend. War film starring Brad Pitt, Eli Roth and Diane Kruger has amassed over $114 million from a $70 million budget.