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Weekend Box Office Forcast is “Cloudy” With Scattered Competetors

This weekend at the box office, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” came in at number 1 earning $30.1 million.  It wasn’t even close, with Matt Damon’s portrayal of bipolar Mark Whitacre in “The Informant!” coming in second place at $10.5 million.  Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” came in at number 3 during it’s second week at the box office, bringing in almost $10.1 million.  Fourth place goes to “Love Happens,” starring Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston. “Jennifer’s Body,” starring Megan Fox, came in 5th place – earning only $6.8 million dollars.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sony $30,100,000 3,119 $9,651 $30,100,000 $100 1
2 N The Informant! WB $10,545,000 2,505 $4,210 $10,545,000 $22 1
3 1 Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself LGF $10,060,000 -57.1% 2,255 $4,461 $37,932,000 2
4 N Love Happens Uni. $8,456,000 1,898 $4,455 $8,456,000 $18 1
5 N Jennifer’s Body Fox $6,800,000 2,702 $2,517 $6,800,000 $16 1
6 2 9 Focus $5,458,000 -49.2% 2,060 +399 $2,650 $22,794,000 $30 2
7 3 Inglourious Basterds Wein. $3,603,000 -41.3% 2,519 -696 $1,430 $109,901,000 $70 5
8 4 All About Steve Fox $3,400,000 -39.7% 2,159 -106 $1,575 $26,678,000 3
9 6 Sorority Row Sum. $2,489,000 -50.8% 2,591 -74 $961 $8,870,000 $12.5 2
10 5 The Final Destination WB (NL) $2,375,000 -57.0% 1,805 -927 $1,316 $62,392,000 $40 4
11 7 Whiteout WB $2,060,000 -58.1% 2,745 $750 $8,483,000 $35 2
12 10 Julie & Julia Sony $1,900,000 -39.8% 2,003 -339 $949 $88,446,000 $40 7

Kevin Brackett

Kevin Brackett is a professional film and theatre critic. He is also a member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association (SLFCA). Since founding Review St. Louis in 2008, he remains editor and operator of the online publication. Kevin is also a co-host of the Reel Spoilers podcast, and former National Vice President of the Technology Student Association (TSA), comprised of over 200,000 members worldwide. E-mail: kevin [at] reviewstl.com.

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