The most anticipated comedy of the summer, The Hangover Part II, set a couple of box office records this weekend: It earned $86.5 million from Thursday to Sunday, making the comedy the best three-day weekend ever for a live-action comedy and the second-best opening of all-time for an R-rated film (The Matrix Reloaded is #1).
Here is the rest of the top ten grossing films for the weekend and also for the 4-day holiday (Thursday through Monday):
- The Hangover Part II, $86 million ($105.8 million Friday-Monday)
- Kung Fu Panda 2, $47.8 million ($62.2 million Friday-Monday)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, $39.6 million ($50.4 million Friday-Monday)
- Bridesmaids, $16.6 million ($21 million Friday-Monday)
- Thor, $9.4 million ($12 million Friday-Monday)
- Fast Five, $6.4 million ($8.2 million Friday-Monday)
- Midnight in Paris, $1.93 million ($2.6 million Friday-Monday)
- Something Borrowed, $1.86 million ($2.3 million Friday-Monday)
- Rio, $1.83 million ($2.4 million Friday-Monday)
- Jumping the Broom, $1.83 million ($2.35 Friday-Monday)
