The Hangover: Part II binges its way to the top

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The Hangover: Part II was one of this year’s most highly anticipated films, so it’s no surprise that it climbed straight to the top of the US box office this weekend.

Taking $118m in just four days, the sequel understandably obliterated its predecessor’s opening weekend of $44m, benefiting from an in-built audience and massive buzz.

Director Todd Phillips has already spoken about ideas for a trilogy-capping third Hangover , and with an opening weekend like that, we’re sure the studio will be begging him to fast track it.

Kung Fu Panda 2 didn’t fare quite as well during its opening weekend. Despite positive reviews, it took just $48m – perhaps because all the kiddies’ parents were too busy watching The Hangover: Part II to take them to the cinema.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides held on at number three ($39m), while Bridesmaids dropped to four ($16m) and Thor closed out the top five with $9m.

Fast Five has now been in cinemas for five weeks, and proved staying power in sixth with $6.6m. Meanwhile, Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris jumped into the top 10 during its second week with $1.9m.

The rest of this week’s box office consisted of more low-slugging holdovers, with Jumping The Broom in eighth ($1.9m), Something Borrowed in ninth ($1.8m) and Rio in tenth ($1.7m).

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.