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 BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP 
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Meatballs Eats Up Box Office

Disappointing debuts for The Informant! , Love Happens , Jennifer's Body

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(Newser) – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs satisfied hungry audiences this weekend, slurping down $30.1 million at the box office, Variety reports. Steven Soderbergh dramedy The Informant! debuted in a distant second with $10.5 million, just ahead of Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself ($10.1 million). Jennifer Aniston’s Love Happens ($8.5 million) and Megan Fox’s Jennifer’s Body ($6.8 million) opened to disappointing numbers at fourth and fifth, respectively.

The characters Sam Sparks, voiced by Anna Faris, and Flint Lockwood, voiced by Bill Hader, are shown in a scene from Columbia Pictures'
The characters Sam Sparks, voiced by Anna Faris, and Flint Lockwood, voiced by Bill Hader, are shown in a scene from Columbia Pictures' "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs."   (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Animation)
The characters Sam Sparks, voiced by Anna Faris, and Flint Lockwood, voiced by Bill Hader, are shown in a scene from
The characters Sam Sparks, voiced by Anna Faris, and Flint Lockwood, voiced by Bill Hader, are shown in a scene from "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs."   (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Animation)
In this publicity image released by Warner Bros., Matt Damon stars as Mark Whitacre in a scene from
In this publicity image released by Warner Bros., Matt Damon stars as Mark Whitacre in a scene from "The Informant!"   (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Claudette Barius)
Aaron Eckhart, left, and Jennifer Aniston are shown in a scene from
Aaron Eckhart, left, and Jennifer Aniston are shown in a scene from "Love Happens."   (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Kimberley French)
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Those romance movies which 70% fail. I wonder who still invests in that. Must be some 'money laundering' institution who doesn't care where the money goes as long it is spend. Reply
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