Cloudy With A Chance Of Box Office
In the US: CGI animation CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS has come out of nowhere to take #1 with a decent $30m (helped by the expensive IMAC 3D tickets)... Matt Damon's comedy-drama THE INFORMANT! is at #2, but with a very disappointing $10m... Jennifer Aniston rom-com LOVE HAPPENS flops with just $8m at #4... but the biggest bomb was dropped by horror-comedy JENNIFER'S BODY, starring Megan Fox, which has a nightmare to open at #5 with just $6m, making many people doubt the talent of its Oscar-winning writer Diablo Cody...
US TOP 10
(-) 1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs $30.3m
(-) 2. The Informant! $10.5m
(1) 3. I Can Do Bad All By Myself $9.88m
(-) 4. Love Happens $8.06m
(-) 5. Jennifer's Body $6.87m
(2) 6. 9 $5.56m
(3) 7. Inglourious Basterds $3.82m
(4) 8. All About Steven $3.37m
(6) 9. Sorority Row $2.5m
(5) 10. The Final Destination $2.39m
In the UK: Likewise, in the UK most cinemagoers see CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, which grabs #1 with £1.5m, but compared to other CGI cartoons that's not too great, possibly because it's based on a book that's not really known here... GAMER fares better in the UK despite terrible reviews, opening at #3 with just over half a million... but there's bad news for football hooligan drama THE FIRM, which debuts at #9 with only £310,000... and Sam Mendes drama AWAY WE GO is a total turkey with just £250,000 to sneak into the top 10 at #10...
UK TOP 10
(-) 1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs £1.5m
(1) 2. District 9 £810k
(-) 3. Gamer £641k
(5) 4. (500) Days Of Summer £511k
(2) 5. The Final Destination £485k
(3) 6. Dorian Gray £436k
(6) 7. Julie & Julia £389k
(4) 8. Sorority Row £347k
(-) 9. The Firm £310k
(-) 10. Away We Go £250k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
CREATION
Biopic drama. English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with religious wife, whose faith contradicts his work.
Director: Jon Amiel Starring: Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones & Jim Carter.
Tomatometer: 60% (Fresh; based on 20 reviews)
FAME
Musical drama. An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
Director: Kevin Tancharoen Starring: Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, Bebe Neuwirth & Charles S. Dutton
Tomatometer: 29% (Rotten; based on 55 reviews)
THE SOLOIST
Music drama. A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Julliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Director: Joe Wright Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Nelsan Ellis, Rachael Harris & Stephen Root
Tomatometer: 55% (Fresh; based on 173 reviews) "Though it features strong performances by its lead players, a lack of narrative focus prevents The Soloist from hitting its mark."
SURROGATES
Sci-fi action. Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Director: Jonathan Mostow Starring: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell & Ving Rhames
Tomatometer: 42% (Rotten; based on 36 reviews)
