Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (franchise)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a science fiction comedy media franchise produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the book of the same name by Judi Barrett. The films have received generally positive reviews from critics. The series has grossed $517 million at the box office.
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| Created by | Phil Lord Chris Miller |
| Original work | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) |
| Owner | Sony Pictures Animation |
| Years | 2009–2018 |
| Based on | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs By Judi Barrett |
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| Television series | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18) |
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The franchise revolves around Flint Lockwood, a genius inventor who invents the FLDSMDFR, a device that creates food out of water. Despite its success, the device's power unintentionally creates havoc and natural disasters of which Flint and his friends have to stop.
Feature films
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Flint Lockwood, a young failed inventor, builds a machine that can turn water into food and calls it the Flint Lockwood Diatomic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator, or FLDSMDFR for short. The townspeople of Swallow Falls, a tiny island that had nothing but sardines for food, benefit from the food weather that the machine brings, until the foods increase in size and the weather becomes unstable. Flint eventually loses all control of the FLDSMDFR and must shut it down before the world is destroyed.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
After having seemingly destroyed the FLDSMDFR, Flint Lockwood is determined to prove himself a great inventor. He is given the chance by his idol Chester V who informs him that his machine survived and has turned the island of Swallow Falls into a dangerous, tropical jungle full of sentient food creatures based on existing animals. Flint teams up with his friends and return to the island to shut down the machine. When they realize that Chester V has his own plans for them, they set off to stop him and protect the foodimals.
Television series
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–2018)
On October 9, 2014, DHX Media announced that it would develop and produce a television series based on the film franchise, titled Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, released on March 6, 2017 in the United States and April 6 of the same year in Canada.[1] The series is traditionally animated and consists of 26 22-minute episodes.[1] It takes place before the first film, showing Flint Lockwood as a high school student who dreams to become a serious scientist.[1] In his adventures, he is joined by Sam Sparks, a new girl in town and the school's "wannabe" reporter, along with Flint's dad Tim, Steve the Monkey, Manny as the head of the school's audiovisual club, Earl as a school gym teacher, Brent as a baby wear model, and mayor Shelbourne.[1] DHX Media handles the global television and non-US home entertainment distribution, along with worldwide merchandising rights, while Sony distributes home entertainment in the US.[1] Commissioned by Teletoon in Canada, the series airs on Cartoon Network in the United States,[2] and on the Boomerang channel in other territories.[3]
Short films
Super Manny
Super Manny is a short film, released in October 26, 2013.
Earl Scouts
Earl Scouts is a short film, released on October 26, 2013.
Steve's First Bath
Steve's First Bath was released on January 28, 2014.
Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear
Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear was released on January 28, 2014.
Cast and characters
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- A dark gray cell indicates the character did not appear in that installment.
- An A indicates an appearance through previously recorded material.
- A U indicates an actor or actress was uncredited for their role.
- A Y indicates an actor or actress voiced a younger version of their character.
| Characters | Films | Short films | Television series | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Super Manny | Earl Scouts | Steve's First Bath | Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | ||
| Season 1 | Season 2 | |||||||
| Flint Lockwood | Bill Hader | Bill Hader | Mark Edwards | |||||
| Max NeuwirthY | Bridget HoffmanY | |||||||
| Samantha "Sam" Sparks | Anna Faris | Anna Faris | Katie Griffin | |||||
| Tim Lockwood | James Caan | Seán Cullen | ||||||
| Steve | Neil Patrick Harris | Neil Patrick Harris | Mark Edwards | |||||
| Brent McHale | Andy Samberg | David Berni | ||||||
| Officer Earl Devereaux | Mr. T | Terry Crews | Terry Crews | Clé Bennett | ||||
| Mr. TA | ||||||||
| Manny | Benjamin Bratt | Patrick McKenna | ||||||
| Calvin "Cal" Devereaux | Bobb'e J. Thompson | Khamani Griffin | Baby sounds only | Uncredited voice actor | ||||
| Patrick Patrickson | Al Roker | |||||||
| Mayor Susan Shelbourne | Bruce Campbell | Silent cameo in end credits | Seán Cullen | |||||
| Fran Lockwood | Lauren Graham | Painting | Uncredited voice actress | Painting | ||||
| Regina Devereaux | Angela Shelton | Silent cameo | Kim RobertsU | Uncredited voice actress | ||||
| Joseph "Joe" Towne | Will Forte | Character is mute | ||||||
| Chester V | Will Forte | |||||||
| Barb | Kristen Schaal | |||||||
| Barry | Cody Cameron | Cody Cameron | Character is mute | |||||
| Dill Pickles | ||||||||
| Gil Shelbourne | Patrick McKenna | |||||||
| Old Rick | Seán Cullen | |||||||
- A dark gray cell indicates the character does not appear.
Crew
| Role | Films | |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | |
| Director(s) | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller | Kris Pearn & Cody Cameron |
| Producer(s) | Pam Marsden | Pam Marsden & Kirk Bodyfelt |
| Writer(s) | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller | Story by: Phil Lord Christopher Miller Erica Rivinoja Screenplay by: Erica Rivinoja John Francis Daley Jonathan Goldstein |
| Executive Producer(s) | Yair Landau | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller |
| Composer | Mark Mothersbaugh | |
| Editor | Robert Fisher Jr. | |
| Studio | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation | |
| Distributors | Sony Pictures Releasing | |
Reception
Box office performance
| Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | All-time ranking[4] | Budget (millions) | Ref. | |||
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| U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | U.S. and Canada | Worldwide | ||||
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | September 18, 2009 | $124,870,275 | $118,135,851 | $243,006,126 | 542 | 688 | $100 | [5] |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | September 27, 2013 | $119,793,567 | $154,532,382 | $274,325,949 | 569 | 568 | $78 | [6] |
| Total | $244,663,842 | $272,668,233 | $517,332,075 | 157 | 165 | $178 | ||
Critical response
| Film | Critical | Public | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | ||
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 86% (143 reviews)[7] | 66 (24 reviews)[8] | A−[9] | |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | 71% (124 reviews)[10] | 59 (31 reviews)[11] | A−[9] | |
References
- ^ a b c d e "DHX MEDIA AND SONY PICTURES ANIMATION TAKING CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS TO TELEVISION" (Press release). DHX Media. October 9, 2014. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ^ Sony Pictures Animation (June 20, 2016). "Sony Pictures Animation Announces 2017 & 2018 Slate" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ DHX Media (October 5, 2015). "DHX Media and Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs TV Series Goes Global" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ^ "Franchises". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ a b Kaufman, Amy (September 29, 2013). "'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2' is No. 1 on crowded weekend". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
Both installments received an average grade of A-, according to market research firm CinemaScore.
- ^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
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