Losing very little of its box office drawing power in its second weekend, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” rained all over the market’s three new major entrants. The animated kids film cooked up an estimated three-day total of $24.6 million, according to studio sources,
“That holdover killed us,” said Chuck Viane, distribution president for Disney, which saw its futuristic Bruce Willis action film “Surrogates” do a below-than-hoped-for $15 million over the weekend. “ ‘Cloudy’ had a terrific second weekend.”
For its part, MGM also saw a portion of its female-heavy audience for its remake of “Fame” siphoned away by Sony’s 3D animated PG film, which was only off 19 percent from its $30.1