Box Office - Better Than a Chance for 'Meatballs'

A very strong weekend performance, one that was highlighted by bigger-than- expected Saturday and Sunday, pushed Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to an easy victory at the box office. The film checked in with $30.1 million, which is about 20% more than it appeared the movie would make after its Friday debut. The Saturday number - $13.1 million - represented a 60% climb from day one to day two. That's a good start, and should equate to about $85 - $100 million domestically over the life of its run. And when you consider that Sony is only using about 3,100 theaters, that's a healthy amount of money. There were some shake-ups in the top five, though. The Informant! jumped to second place, and even though you wouldn't look at $10.6 million as a big success, I think given he more limited release, it's a good sign for the Steven Soderbergh-Matt Damon comedy. I Can Do Bad All By Myself dropped from first place to third, and Love Happens crept into the top five with just over $8.4 million. Whether it was a surprise or not, there's no debating what the most disappointing opener of the weekend was: Jennifer's Body started the weekend with $2.8 million on Friday and never improved on that performance, finishing in fifth place with just $6.8 million. Is that Megan Fox backlash or something else? Hard to say, but it's not easy to dismiss that audiences may have just had too much of Fox in a short span of time. But no matter what it is, a $1.475 million Sunday pretty much indicates that this one is done in a hurry. That's three straight failures for thrillers or horror movies featuring female leads, with Sorority Row and Whiteout doomed to earn about $12 - $15 million total. The Top Five:
1 - Chance of Meatballs ($30.1 million)
2 - The Informant! ($10.5 million)
3 - I Can Do Bad All By Myself ($10.1 million)
4 - Love Happens ($8.4 million)
5 - Jennifer's Body ($6.8 million)

Comments

[constant gina]

JB was just sexed up movie for horny teens wanting to see Megan Fox...of course it didnt do as well..

[jason kesley]

I'm glad everyone enjoyed this movie...