Movie fans stayed hungry for "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" as the animated family flick took the top spot at the box office for the second weekend in a row. The flick, based on the children's book, cooked up $24.6 million and pummeled Bruce Willis, whose action thriller, "Surrogates," came in second place with a disappointing $15 million in ticket sales. "We've seen that not only families but teens seem to be embracing it," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. "It's just one of those movies that's playing to everybody."
"Fame," a remake of the 1980s music and dance hit set in a performing arts high school, opened in third place with $10 million. The weekend's other new release, the Dennis Quaid space thriller "Pandorum," failed to launch, earning just $4.4 million and sixth place on the list.
Meanwhile, Michael Moore's latest documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," opened strongly in limited release with a $240,000 weekend haul in just four theaters, raising its total to $306,586 since premiering Wednesday.
"People are frustrated, and I think Michael points some things out that are pretty thought-provoking and pretty eye-opening," said Kyle Davies, head of distribution for Overture, which released the documentary. "It's timely, but the movie's funny and entertaining at the same time," he said. "Michael's one of the unique people able to point to some topical issues and make it extremely interesting."
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