Meatballs Holds Off Bruce Willis and Fame

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.

Despite the release of three new movies, the animated comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Sony) based on the popular children's book by Judi Barrett remained at #1 with an estimated $24.6 million, a minimal 19% drop from its impressive opening weekend. The $100 million movie has grossed $60 million in ten days.

The main competition came from Surrogates (Disney/Touchstone), Bruce Willis' first action movie since 2007's Live Free or Die Hard , but it opened with an estimated $15 million in nearly 3,000 theaters, way below all...