Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (franchise)

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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
Films and television
Film(s)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009); Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013);
Short film(s)	Super Manny (2013); Earl Scouts (2013); Steve's First Bath (2014); Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014);
Television series	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18)
Games
Video game(s)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009); Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013); Foodimal Frenzy (2013);

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.

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

List indicator

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
	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	Season 1	Season 2
Flint Lockwood	Bill Hader				Bill Hader		Mark Edwards
Flint Lockwood	Max Neuwirth^Y	Bridget Hoffman^Y			Bill Hader		Mark Edwards
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
Officer Earl Devereaux	Mr. T	Mr. T^A		Terry Crews			Clé Bennett
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 Roberts^U	Uncredited voice actress
Joseph "Joe" Towne	Will Forte	Silent cameo					Character is mute
Chester V		Will Forte
Barb		Kristen Schaal
Barry		Cody Cameron		Cody Cameron			Character is mute
Dill Pickles		Cody Cameron		Cody Cameron
Flinty McCallahan		Craig Kellman
Idea Pants Guy		Craig Kellman
Gil Shelbourne							Patrick McKenna
Old Rick							Seán Cullen

A dark gray cell indicates the character does not appear.

Crew

Role	Films
Role	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.
Film	U.S. release date	U.S. and Canada	Other territories	Worldwide	U.S. and Canada	Worldwide	Budget (millions)	Ref.
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
Film	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.

External links

[DHXMTakingToTV-1] "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.

[2] Sony Pictures Animation (June 20, 2016). "Sony Pictures Animation Announces 2017 & 2018 Slate" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

[3] 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.

[4] "Franchises". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2022.

[5] "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 5, 2016.

[6] "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

[7] "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 6, 2021.

[8] "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

[CinemaScore-9] 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.

[10] "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

[11] "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (franchise)

Feature films

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Television series

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–2018)

Short films

Super Manny

Earl Scouts

Steve's First Bath

Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear

Cast and characters

Crew

Reception

Box office performance

Critical response

References

External links

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