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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: An IMAX 3D Experience

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I am excited!!! A certain movie that I have been waiting to take my five-year-old daughter to is opening next week! And there will be NO BETTER place to view it than at the nearby IMAX. I must admit, I am spoiled. Our local IMAX is about a 3 minute drive away.

On September 18th, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will be hitting the IMAX screen. And that’s not all. It will be an IMAX 3D Experience.

Let’s hope that I either have a big lunch before the movie, or bring in tons of candy, ice cream and popcorn, because I have a feeling that food flying at me in 3D will leave my tummy growling.

Based on the beloved children’s story featuring flying flapjacks, plummeting pasta, and meatball meteors, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is sure to get children and families everywhere ‘salivating’ with excitement!


For your viewing pleasure, here is the trailer for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: An IMAX 3D Experience.

To celebrate the opening of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, we have a “Hungry Moviegoer” IMAX Prize Pack to award one lucky reader.

Winning Package Includes:

  • 1 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs IMAX movie poster
  • Family 4 pack of IMAX tickets
  • 1 copy of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
  • 1 copy of Pickles to Pittsburg by Judi Barrett (the sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
  • A $25 gift card to Macaroni Grill (also valid at Chili’s, On the Border, and Maggiano’s Little Italy)

To enter simply leave a comment telling us what food you’d like to have fall from the sky. You have until Monday, September 21st. One winner will be chosen at random and announced on Tuesday, September 22nd. This contest is open to US addresses only.

As always, don’t forget to earn more entries: subscribe to our Feed, sign up for our 5M4M Newsletter, add our 5 Minutes for Mom button in your sidebar, write a post and link back to this contest on your blog, and spread the word via Facebook, Twitter, or email! Please see our site’s Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our contest and giveaway rules.

I did not personally receive tickets to attend this movie, but we thought you would like to hear about it and have the chance to win! IMAX did pay us a nominal fee to help cover our costs for running the giveaway.

Written by 5 Minutes for Mom Contributing Editor: Erica

Reader Interactions


489 Comments

  6. Would love skittles to fall from the sky! I subscribe to your blog, and tweeted this giveaway!
    @momtodanielle

    thanks!!

  88. The food I would like to have fall from the sky would be sweet, plump, juicy blueberries….yum!

  104. I’d pick lobster because unless it rains on me from the sky I can’t afford it! And I LOVE lobster!! Thanks so much. Great prize pack!

  117. I would love to see Twizzlers falling from the sky! How fun would that be?!? Thanks for the give-a-way.
    Julie

  125. Oh this one is easy peasy, I would want Lobster to fall from the sky. Then, if it could rain butter dipping sauce, that would suit me just fine.

    Good luck everyone!

  131. What food you’d like to have fall from the sky? Chocolate——DEFINITELY chocolate!!!!!

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net

  135. i want the skies to rain down chocolate, I will put my buckets outside and collect the chocolate drops inside. It sure would be a messy world though!

  137. I would love to have brownies fall from the sky! Yum (:

    I’ll keep my fingers crossed!! Thanks for the contest!

  142. I would like to see bread rain down from the sky because it is a fairly universal food so everyone would at least have bread to eat, the world over.

  143. I’d like to see gummy bears fall from the sky because I bet they would bounce pretty high.

    macd82 at gmail dot com

  152. We would love to see Chocolate Chip Cookies fall from the sky.
    Thank you so much for the chance to win.

  155. I would love it if Chocolate Covered Cashews would fall from the sky. Or any kind of chocolate would be fine 🙂

  157. I was just talking about this with my kids….they are excited to see the movie too. They would like to see lots and lots of candy fall from the sky. I would like to see shrimp and lobster tails fall because I can’t afford to buy them myself!!

  158. I would love for chocolate to fall from the sky. It would be delicious, and would survive the fall better than baked treats. 🙂

  159. I’d like to have pizza or chocolate-covered oreos fall from the sky! My kids are dying to see this movie!

  181. Weird, guess my 1st comment vanished!

    I had said that I’d love to see it rain down ice cream from the sky lol

    I love it!!

    Thanks for the chance to win an awesome prize!

  188. I really like Chili, but I think that would be way to messy, so I am picking Sloppy Joes

    jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com

  204. One of my all time favorite kids books, that my children enjoy as well. What a fun package – dinner, a movie, and fun reading afterwards!

  210. Cheeseburgers and French Fries in foam containers so they’ll stay warm and won’t hurt anyone if they land on their head. Please accept my entry. Thank you.

  211. Im a weirdo… I love mashed potatoes. Real, fake, with other stuff mixed in i really dont care i love them all! I could eat potatoes every day and never get sick of them!

  216. I’d go for crispy fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Hot or cold, I don’t care. Thanks for holding this giveaway – prizes are awesome!

    celialarsen(at)gmail(dot)com

  217. How about Thanksgiving dinner? The whole thing – turkey, cranberry sauce, green beans, sweet potatoes…YUM!

    larsenvt{AT}gmail{DOT}com

  226. Crab Rangoons!!!! I would love to have them falling from the sky. I’m hungry just thinking about it!

  229. I’d love to have cheesecake fall from the sky! Can’t wait to take my five year old son to this movie as well!

  230. I’d like any kind of food to fall, as long as it was cut up into little kid-friendly bit-sized pieces — so that I didn’t have to take time to do it myself! 🙂

  256. Well if it’s got to be meatballs then swedish meatballs with the sauce would be good. If I picked something else. I would saw berries of all kinds. I just love berries.

  268. I would love to have Pizza fall from the sky. The crust first, then rain the sauce. My family would want to pick their own individual toppings as they rained down.

    Thanks so much for this giveaway! It’s terrific!

  288. A brownie sundae would be delicious but messy. First brownie bits would drift down followed by some Heathbar Crunch Ice Cream, a generous drizzle of chocolate sauce (don’t want any injuries from hot fudge) and a finale of whipped cream.

  294. Karma Sutra Ice Cream from Ben and Jerry’s for about an hour, and then I want Creme Brulee Ice Cream….

  296. It would have to be something light that could float down and easily be caught – light and fluffy chocolate or cotton candy without the stick.

  299. Godiva chocolates… they don’t have to be gift wrapped with a seasonal bow. Just the chocolates —assorted please. I would be out in the rain ALL the time.

  300. Catching puffs of cotton candy on your tongue as it falls from the sky sounds like a dream come true to me!

  304. Geoduck – probably wouldn’t survive the fall but we’d have some great gourmet meals while they lasted.

  306. I would Love to have those sour balls fall from the sky. They taste like jolly ranchers, and come in many assorted flavors!

  308. looks like a fun movie !!! rain on me chocolate ! lovely indeed then all the women would be happy 🙂

  309. I can’t wait to see this movie! This was my favorite book as a kid and I read it to my kids all the time! I would love to see Jell-o cubes fall from the sky. Wouldn’t that be great with all the fun colors?

  311. I’ll take a rainshower of my family’s recipe cake. I was just about to make some, but realized I have no eggs! 🙁

  312. we are going to this movie next friday too with my son’s kindergarden class. good idea about big meal before – it will certainly make me hungry too:)

  326. I would like for the new Giant Chewy Nerds to fall from the sky. I think I’m addicted to them:)
    We can’t wait to see this movie.

  327. Id like to see snicker bars fall from the sky then I can crawl under an tree with my pepsi an just be content!

  329. Chocolate… What could be better. It’s good frozen or melted… so the weather really wouldn’t matter, now would it? mmmmmm Just the thought makes me want to go grab my hidden stash of truffles.

  346. I would love to have rocky road ice cream & glasses of milk fall from the sky! Mmmmm!
    ljatwood at gmail dot com

  360. Anything chocolate would be fabulous but I’d have to vote for Twix mini’s. My Favorite!!! Can’t wait to see this movie. The kids are looking forward to it too!

  361. I love Spaghetti so meatballs falling down would be fine with me. And some thundering breadsticks to go with it.

    member(dot)thao(at)gmail.com

  362. Reese Peanut Butter Cup

    Oh my daughter has been talking about this movie non stop since she saw the preview for it when we went to see Ice Age. She would be totally thrilled to see this at the Imax!

  370. im looking forward to seeing this as well.
    lots of foods would be fantastic to come from the sky but I would love to have it rain licorice cats, yum

  399. I was thinking pepperoni pizza, but I love the double stuff oreos, chocolate, milky way bars ideas above too!

  401. Cannolis and eclairs for sure!!! I am a follower and a subscriber and a devoted fan 🙂 Can’t wait to see the movie too.

  411. My pregnant self wouldlove for it to rain ripe watermelons but i think that might hurt a bit lol. My normal self is all about some mcdonalds fries (you know they are so addictive).

    My kids can’t wait to see this. We saw the previews for it when we went to see Monsters vs Aliens and they have loved the idea of it ever since as have i.

  423. I would like to have gummi bears fall from the sky. Not only are they one of my favorites to eat, but they’re soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt if they landed on your head.

  428. My son wants to see this movie so bad. He says he would like to see gigantic mushrooms, shrimp, & crabs fall from the sky. He has me cracking up right now. lol.

  440. Pizza… It definately has to be pizza falling from the sky. This book has been a favorite in my family. Would love to go see the movie.

  442. I will definitely be taking my three kiddos to see this. Thanks for reminding me about it coming out!

  464. angel food cake with whipped cream and raspberries! Yum yum.. This was a fave book of mine I am so excited. It’s a fave book of my boys now too! I hope I win!

  474. My kids are excited about this one! My four yr. old says “ice cream is the best thing to fall from the sky” My burger eating 14 yr. olds say “anything” is good:)

  476. Are you kidding me? Chocolate. Is there another thing that could be better? I love this book–it’s a favorite childhood book of mine. Can’t wait for the movie!

  483. Our kids’ book club is having this movie as our field trip! We’ll be reading the book, discussing, going to the movie and having spaghetti after for dinner! We’re so excited!

    The food I would like to fall from the sky? Crabs! How scary would that be!!

  486. If I could have one thing fall from the sky, I’d love for it to be Milky Way Bars. Yummy!

    donnyandshelly (at) (yahoo) (dot) (com)