'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2' tops weekend box office with USD 35M earnings

Animated Sony sequel, 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2' took the top place at the US weekend box office with earnings of 35 million dollars, according to studio estimates.

The movie, which features the voices of Bill Hader and Anna Faris, knocked off Hugh Jackman starrer ‘Prisoners’ to the second spot, while Universal’s Formula One tale ‘Rush’ drove into the third position with 10.3 million dollars worth of earnings, Fox News reported.

‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’. Pic/Santa Banta

The fourth place was bagged by ‘Baggage Claim’ with 9.3 million dollars, while ‘Don Jon’ debuted at number five 5 with 9 million dollars.

Top 10 box office earners:

1. ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’- 35 million dollars

2. ‘Prisoners’- 11.3 million dollars

3. ‘Rush’- 10.3 million dollars

4. ‘Baggage Claim’- 9.3 million dollars

5. ‘Don Jon’- 9 million dollars

6. ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’- 6.7 million dollars

7. ‘The Family’- 3.7 million dollars

8. ‘Instructions Not Included’- 3.4 million dollars

9. ‘We''re the Millers’- 2.9 million dollars

10. ‘Lee Daniels'' The Butler’- 2.4 million dollars.u00a0

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