{"id":671,"date":"2009-06-14T14:37:26","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T18:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=671"},"modified":"2009-06-14T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T22:17:00","slug":"weekend-box-office-the-hangover-stays-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/06\/14\/weekend-box-office-the-hangover-stays-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: &#8220;The Hangover&#8221; Stays on Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moviegoers have not yet kicked their &#8220;Hangover&#8221;&#8211;the film earned a second consecutive weekend atop the domestic box office.<\/p>\n<p>Estimates have &#8220;The Hangover&#8221; earning $33.4 million for the weekend, which gives it a comfortable margin over &#8220;Up,&#8221; the runner-up.  Having dropped only 25.7% from last week&#8217;s take, &#8220;The Hangover&#8221; has crossed the $100 million threshold.  At the same point in its cycle, 2005&#8217;s &#8220;Wedding Crashers,&#8221; which had a similar target audience and word-of-mouth appeal, had only grossed $80.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Up&#8221; stays at second place with $30.5 million, topping the $25 million for newcomer &#8220;The Taking of Pelham 123.&#8221;  &#8220;Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian&#8221; and &#8220;Land of the Lost&#8221; rounded out the top five with $9.6 million and $9.2 million, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Murphy&#8217;s box office struggle, meanwhile, continues&#8211;his new family comedy &#8220;Imagine That&#8221; bombed with $5.7 million.  &#8220;Imagine&#8221;&#8216;s first weekend only barely topped that of last year&#8217;s dud &#8220;Meet Dave,&#8221; which earned $5.3 million in its bow.<\/p>\n<p><B>Weekend Top Ten:<\/b><br \/>\n1)   The Hangover &#8211; $33.4 million ($105.4 million)<br \/>\n2)   Up &#8211; $30.5 million ($187.2 million)<br \/>\n3)   The Taking of Pelham 123 &#8211; $25 million<br \/>\n4)   Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian &#8211; $9.6 million ($143.4 million)<br \/>\n5)   Land of the Lost &#8211; $9.2 million ($35 million)<br \/>\n6)   Imagine That &#8211; $5.7 million<br \/>\n7)   Star Trek &#8211; $5.6 million ($232 million)<br \/>\n8)   Terminator: Salvation &#8211; $4.7 million ($113.8 million)<br \/>\n9)   Angels &#038; Demons &#8211; $4.3 million ($123.3 million)<br \/>\n10) Drag Me To Hell &#8211; $3.5 million ($35.1 million)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=the hangover&#038;iid=4967686\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/e\/9\/7\/5\/RESTRICTIONS_APPLY_Heather_9ae6.jpg?adImageId=1589005&#038;imageId=4967686\" width=\"320\" height=\"410\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"**RESTRICTIONS APPLY** Heather Graham, wearing a sexy blue dress, and actor Bradley Cooper at The Hangover premiere event at Vue cinema in London\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,3],"tags":[35,56,57,77,79,137,143,163],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Weekend Box Office: &quot;The Hangover&quot; Stays on Top<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Moviegoers have not yet kicked their &quot;Hangover&quot;--the film earned a second consecutive weekend atop the domestic box office. 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