# 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.
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. The series is traditionally animated and consists of 26 22-minute episodes. It takes place before the first film, showing Flint Lockwood as a high school student who dreams to become a serious scientist. 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 $^A$ 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 | Films | Short films | Short films | Short films | Short films | Television series | Television series |
| Characters | 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 |
| Characters | 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 | | | Bill Hader | Bill Hader | Mark Edwards | Mark Edwards |
| Flint Lockwood | Max Neuwirth | Bridget Hoffman | | | Bill Hader | Bill Hader | Mark Edwards | Mark Edwards |
| Samantha "Sam" Sparks | Anna Faris | Anna Faris | Anna Faris | | Anna Faris | | Katie Griffin | Katie Griffin |
| Tim Lockwood | James Caan | James Caan | | | | | Seán Cullen | Seán Cullen |
| Steve | Neil Patrick Harris | Neil Patrick Harris | | | Neil Patrick Harris | Neil Patrick Harris | Mark Edwards | Mark Edwards |
| Brent McHale | Andy Samberg | Andy Samberg | | | | | David Berni | David Berni |
| Officer Earl Devereaux | Mr. T | Terry Crews | | Terry Crews | | | Clé Bennett | Clé Bennett |
| Officer Earl Devereaux | Mr. T | Mr. T | | Terry Crews | | | Clé Bennett | Clé Bennett |
| Manny | Benjamin Bratt | Benjamin Bratt | Benjamin Bratt | | | | Patrick McKenna | Patrick McKenna |
| Calvin "Cal" Devereaux | Bobb'e J. Thompson | Khamani Griffin | | | | | Baby sounds only | Uncredited voice actor |
| Patrick Patrickson | Al Roker | Al Roker | | | | | | |
| Mayor Susan Shelbourne | Bruce Campbell | Silent cameo in end credits | | | | | Seán Cullen | Seán Cullen |
| Fran Lockwood | Lauren Graham | Painting | | | | | Uncredited voice actress | Painting |
| Regina Devereaux | Angela Shelton | Silent cameo | | | | | Kim Roberts | Uncredited voice actress |
| Joseph "Joe" Towne | Will Forte | Silent cameo | | | | | Character is mute | Character is mute |
| Chester V | | Will Forte | | | | | | |
| Barb | | Kristen Schaal | | | | | | |
| Barry | | Cody Cameron | | Cody Cameron | | | Character is mute | Character is mute |
| Dill Pickles | | Cody Cameron | | Cody Cameron | | | | |
| Flinty McCallahan | | Craig Kellman | | | | | | |
| Idea Pants Guy | | Craig Kellman | | | | | | |
| Gil Shelbourne | | | | | | | Patrick McKenna | Patrick McKenna |
| Old Rick | | | | | | | Seán Cullen | Seán Cullen |
   * A dark gray cell indicates the character does not appear.

## Crew

| Role | Films | 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 RivinojaScreenplay by: Erica Rivinoja John Francis Daley Jonathan Goldstein |
| Executive Producer(s) | Yair Landau | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller |
| Composer | Mark Mothersbaugh | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Editor | Robert Fisher Jr. | Robert Fisher Jr. |
| Studio | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation |
| Distributors | Sony Pictures Releasing | Sony Pictures Releasing |

## Reception
### Box office performance

| Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | Box office gross | Box office gross | All-time ranking | All-time ranking | 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 | |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | September 27, 2013 | $119,793,567 | $154,532,382 | $274,325,949 | 569 | 568 | $78 | |
| Total | Total | $244,663,842 | $272,668,233 | $517,332,075 | 157 | 165 | $178 | |

### Critical response

| Film | Critical | Critical | Public |
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 86% (143 reviews) | 66 (24 reviews) | A− |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | 71% (124 reviews) | 59 (31 reviews) | A− |