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Jennifer's Body came in a disappointing fifth place this weekend earning only $6.8 million. Can Megan Fox succeed outside of "Transformers"?

Rachel Kolb

[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1083271/ >Megan Fox is probably hoping that Michael Bay will keep on making "Transformers" sequels.  
  
Fox's third major film and her first major film not in the "Transformers" series earned a disappointing [http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=38&p=.htm >$6.8 million, coming in fifth place in its opening weekend.  
  
The film was beat out by the family film, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844471/ >"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," Steven Soderbergh's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130080/ >"The Informant," Tyler Perry's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385912/ >"I Can Do Bad All By Myself," and Jennifer Aniston's romantic drama, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0899106/ >"Love Happens."  
  
"Jennifer's Body" received mixed reviews from the critics and only earned 42 percent fresh on <a href="<a" title="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jennifers\_body/">http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jennifers\_body/](<a "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0899106/")](<a "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385912/")](<a "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130080/")](<a "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844471/")](<a "http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=38&p=.htm")](<a "http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1083271/")