3D animation was the way to go this weekend, with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs taking a wide lead over the three other new releases. Tyler Perry’s latest flick surrendered the number one spot but still managed to hang on to third place. Here’s the top five:
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs:](Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) $30.3 million
- The Informant!:](The Informant! (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) $10.4 million
- Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself:](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/tyler-perrys-i-can-do-bad-all-by-myself/37009/main) $9.8 million
- *****Love Happens: *](Love Happens (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)$8 million
- Jennifer’s Body:](Jennifer's Body (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) $6.9 million **
Three new releases this week, including a teen dance flick and two – count 'em, two – science fiction movies.
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Fame](Fame (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)**
What’s It All About: Remake of the 1980 classic about a group of young people attending a high school for the performing arts.
Why It Might Do Well:** This will appeal to a younger crowd that has probably never seen the original, so for them at least it won’t carry the stigma of a remake.**
Why It Might Not Do Well: The Fame TV series got pretty dopey in the later seasons and I might not be the only one who remembers that.
** Number of Theaters: 3,000**
Prediction: **$22 million
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/09/pandorum_boxoffice.jpgPandorum](Pandorum (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)
**What’s It All About: **Two astronauts awaken from hyper-sleep on a ship in deep space with no memory of who they are or what their mission is.
Why It Might Do Well: Looks like a good rollicking creep-fest set in space.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Might two science fiction movies in one week be pushing it?
Number of Theaters: 2,400
**Prediction: **$9 million