As many had expected, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stormed the US box office, taking $35 million in its first weekend, ahead of the $30 million the first film took in 2009, although behind last year’s Hotel Transylvania (also from Sony Animation), which took a September record $42 million.
While it’s been doing well in the rest of the world, Rush’s expansion from five to nearly 3,000 screens only brought in $10.5 million. It could have been worse, but even with great reviews it still couldn’t overcome the fact Formula 1 isn’t as popular in the US as it is in the rest of the world.
Baggage Claim came in at number four with $9.3 million, about in line with several other recent comedy with a largely African-American cast.
The only other new entry was Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut, Don Jon, which took $9 million. It’s not a bad start and suggests the actor may become a pretty bankable director in the future.
Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of September 27th-29th.
| Rank | Title | Weekend Gross (millions) | Total Gross to date (millions) |
| 1 | Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs | $35.0 | $35.0 |
| 2 | Prisoners | $11.2 | $38.9 |
| 3 | Rush | $10.3 | $10.5 |
| 4 | Baggage Claim | $9.3 | $9.3 |
| 5 | Don Jon | $9.0 | $9.0 |
| 6 | Insidious Chapter 2 | $6.7 | $69.5 |
| 7 | The Family | $3.6 | $31.6 |
| 8 | Instructions Not Included | $3.3 | $38.5 |
| 9 | We’re The Millers | $2.8 | $142.4 |
| 10 | Lee Daniels’ The Butler | $2.4 | $110.2 |
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