HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” tasted pretty good to moviegoers over the weekend.
The 3-D animated family comedy debuted with sales of $30.1 million to earn the top spot at the weekend box office. The total easily outdistanced Matt Damon’s “The Informant,” which opened with a second-place finish at $10.5 million.
Last week’s No. 1, Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” finished third with $10 million in sales.
Jennifer Aniston’s “Love Happens” ($8.5 million) and Megan Fox’s “Jennifer’s Body” ($6.8 million) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, to round out the top five.
“Cloudy” is based on the 1978 children’s book by Judi and Ron Barrett, in which a nerdy outcast invents a device that sends hamburgers, pizzas and pancakes dropping from the heavens. Among the stars lending their voice to the film are Bill Hader, Anna Faris and Neil Patrick Harris.
Click here for cast interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and Miranda Cosgove’s “Raining Sunshine” music video from “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”
