Skies clear for no. 1 film 'Chance of Meatballs'

NEW YORK - The skies cleared at the box-office for "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," as the 3-D animated family comedy topped all films with $30.1 million.

The success of Sony's adaptation of the popular 1978 children's book was a good sign for the much anticipated big screen version of Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are," due out Oct. 16.

The weekend's total box-office gross was approximately $100 million, an increase over the $88 million that was made on the corresponding weekend last year.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Sony, $30,304,648, 3,119 locations, $9,716 average, $30,304,648, one week.

2. "The Informant!" Warner Bros., $10,464,314, 2,505 locations, $4,177 average, $10,464,314, one week.

3. "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself," Lionsgate, $9,877,436, 2,255 locations, $4,380 average, $37,749,545, two weeks.

4. "Love Happens," Universal, $8,057,010, 1,898 locations, $4,245 average, $8,057,010, one week.

5. "Jennifer's Body," Fox, $6,868,397, 2,702 locations, $2,542 average, $6,868,397, one week.

6. "9," Focus, $5,563,134, 2,060 locations, $2,701 average, $22,918,077, two weeks.

7. "Inglourious Basterds," Weinstein Co., $3,818,142, 2,519 locations, $1,516 average, $110,116,807, five weeks.

8. "All About Steve," Fox, $3,373,212, 2,159 locations, $1,562 average, $26,651,633, three weeks.

9. "Sorority Row," Summit Entertainment, $2,499,758, 2,591 locations, $965 average, $8,880,742, two weeks.

10. "The Final Destination," Warner Bros., $2,388,473, 1,805 locations, $1,323 average, $62,405,206, four weeks.

11. "Whiteout," Warner Bros., $2,131,043, 2,745 locations, $776 average, $8,553,633, two weeks.

12. "Julie & Julia," Sony/Columbia, $1,914,186, 2,003 locations, $956 average, $88,460,267, seven weeks.

13. "District 9," Sony/Tri-Star, $1,913,150, 1,558 locations, $1,228 average, $111,685,356, six weeks.

14. "Gamer," Lionsgate, $1,413,921, 1,605 locations, $881 average, $18,997,783, three weeks.

15. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," Paramount, $1,377,943, 1,361 locations, $1,012 average, $146,189,915, seven weeks.

16. "The Time Traveler's Wife," Warner Bros. , $1,029,388, 1,372 locations, $750 average, $60,825,021, six weeks.

17. "Halloween II," Weinstein Co., $751,894, 1,038 locations, $724 average, $31,477,782, four weeks.

18. "Extract," Miramax, $667,284, 937 locations, $712 average, $10,137,866, three weeks.

19. "(500) Days of Summer," Fox Searchlight, $644,418, 608 locations, $1,060 average, $31,041,803, 10 weeks.

20. "The Proposal," Disney, $480,548, 468 locations, $1,027 average, $162,250,180, 14 weeks.