Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is an American media franchise produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the book of the same name by Judi Barrett. The franchise began with the 2009 film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. 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 machine 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 they 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.

Unproduced third film In September 2023, Phil Lord stated that a script was completed for a third installment before the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, entitled Planet of the Grapes.

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. The series is traditionally animated and consists of 26 22-minute episodes. It takes place before the first film, showing Flint Lockwood as an intellectually gifted high school student with a passion for science and technology who dreams of becoming a scientist and inventor. 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. 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. Commissioned by Teletoon in Canada, the series airs on Cartoon Network in the United States, and on the Boomerang channel in other territories.

Short films

Super Manny: a short film, released in October 26, 2013. Earl Scouts: A short film, released on October 26, 2013. Steve's First Bath: Released on January 28, 2014. Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear: Released on January 28, 2014.

Cast and characters A dark gray cell indicates the character did not appear in that installment. An indicates an appearance through previously recorded material. A indicates an actor or actress was uncredited for their role. A 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 Neuwirth Bridget Hoffman Samantha "Sam" Sparks Anna Faris Anna Faris Katie Griffin Tim Lockwood James Caan Seán Cullen Steven "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. T Manny Benjamin Bratt Patrick McKenna Calvin "Cal" Devereaux Bobb'e J. Thompson Khamani Griffin Patrick Patrickson Al Roker Mayor Susan Shelbourne Bruce Campbell Seán Cullen Fran Lockwood Lauren Graham Regina Devereaux Angela Shelton rowspan="2" Kim Roberts Joseph "Joe" Towne Will Forte colspan="2" Chester V Will Forte Barb Kristen Schaal Barry Cody Cameron Cody Cameron colspan="3" Dill Pickles Flinty McCallahan Craig Kellman Idea Pants Guy Gil Shelbourne Patrick McKenna Old Rick Seán Cullen

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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 Phil LordChristopher MillerErica RivinojaErica RivinojaJohn Francis DaleyJonathan Goldstein Executive Producer(s) Yair Landau Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Composer Mark Mothersbaugh Editor Robert Fisher Jr. Studio Columbia PicturesSony Pictures Animation Distributors Sony Pictures Releasing

Reception Box office performance

Film U.S. release date Box office grossAll-time ranking Budget (millions) 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 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 September 27, 2013 $119,793,567 $154,532,382 $274,325,949 569 568 $78 Total $ $ $ 157 165 $178

Critical response

Film Critical Public Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 66 (24 reviews) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 59 (31 reviews)

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