The beloved children’s story has become a beloved children’s movie as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs more than triples the return of the number 2 movie with $30 million for the weekend. The Informant! also opened this weekend and got over $10 million for the weekend narrowly beating out Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself. The other two movie openers this weekend also made the top five with Love Happens taking number 4 and Jennifer’s Body taking number 5. This shows that people have been hungry for new movies and entertainment. This weekend had some pretty good movies coming out and the box office shows this. Inglourious Basterds remains in the top ten for the fifth week in a row which shows that people are embracing Tarentino’s new film as much as he does.
| 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 |
Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com