Weekend Box Office Report for September 27-29, 2013: Looks Cloudy, with a Chance of Meatballs

The family friendly Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 dominated the weekend box office with a mammoth $35 million take. That far outpaced number two entry Prisoners, which earned just over $11 million. The weekend's other new entries, Baggage Claim and Don Jon, landed in the top five. Baggage Claim earned an estimated $9.3 million, followed closely by Don Jon with $9.0, for a fourth and fifth place showing, respectively. Finally, Ron Howard's new film Rush, starring Chris Hemsworth, expanded into wide release, earning just over $10 million, which was good enough for a third place finish.

Here are the Top Ten Weekend films (numbers are in millions):

1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - $35.0 (Sony/Columbia)

2. Prisoners- $11.3 (Warner Bros.)

3. Rush  - $10.3 (Universal)

4. Baggage Claim - $9.3 (Fox Searchlight)

5. Don Jon - $9.0 (Relativity Media)

6. Insidious Chapter 2 - $6.7 (FilmDistrict)

7. The Family - $3.7 (Relativity Media)

8. Instructions Not Included - $3.4 (Lionsgate/Pantelion)

9. We're the Millers - $2.9 (Warner Bros./New Line)

10. Lee Daniels' The Butler - $2.4 (Weinstein Company)