Monday Morning Box Office Report: Megan Fox Eats a Meatball Sandwich
It’s no surprise that the animated family comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs topped the box office this past weekend, but what is a bit of a surprise is the fact that the movie is actually getting rave reviews as well. It had a $30 million opening, which is pretty impressive by September standards, and in fact, the third-highest September opening ever. Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! was at #2 with a meager $10 million, followed closely by Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, which dropped to #3. Amazingly, Love Happens managed to open in the #4 spot, despite playing in less theatres than most of the other new releases, while Jennifer’s Body ultimately failed to find an audience, collecting just $6.8 million. Is this is the beginning of the Megan Fox backlash, or is this just more evidence that mainstream audiences can’t stand having their horror films mixed with comedy?
1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs — $30.1M
2. The Informant! — $10.5M
3. I Can Do Bad All by Myself — $10.1M
4. Love Happens — $8.46M
5. Jennifer’s Body — $6.8M
6. 9 — $5.46M
7. Inglourious Basterds — $3.6M
8. All About Steve — $3.4M
9. Sorority Row — $2.49M
10. The Final Destination — $2.38M
Comments (9)
I think it confirms something that we’ve already known and that is that Megan Fox is a supporting actress at best and is not a lead and cannot open a movie. She clearly has minimal talent, and her appeal is of course only because of her looks and the intrigue about her craziness and interesting sexuality. Gee, sounds like another hot brunette actress, but she can actually act a little. I think it also does point out that it’s hard to mix horror and comedy unless it’s the Scream series.
Posted by Maopheus on September 21st, 2009Not to be a pig, but in appreciation of the article title. I would pay to watch Megan Fox eat a meatball sandwich.
Posted by Greg on September 21st, 2009just to be clear – “meatball sandwich” is Greg’s name for his thighs
Posted by rus in chicago on September 21st, 2009Everyone has his/her day in the sun. I agree. Megan Fox is good from far/ far from good. Saw “meatball’s” this weekend. Odd name, and had no idea what it was about! In my humble opinion I have to say 3-1/2 stars!!
Posted by Danica Johnson on September 21st, 2009Welcome Ms. Johnson,
Please stop by anytime to FilmJunk and know that I’m pretty much the smartest and coolest person here and the rest of the guys are tools.
Posted by rus in chicago on September 21st, 2009oh…I’m hitting on spam
Posted by rus in chicago on September 21st, 2009Just to be clear…’Hitting on spam’ is Rus’s term for his alone time.
Posted by Greg on September 21st, 2009it is 3″ w/ 90 degree corners
Posted by rus in chicago on September 21st, 2009http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSymGHqbZhA
Posted by leaflinks on September 22nd, 2009Megan Fox tribute
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