Battle at the Box Office 5/30
The Wolfpack was back with a vengeance this weekend as The Hangover Part 2 pretty much doubled the opening weekend of the original with $86.5 million plus another $30 million on Thursday, bringing it’s grand total to just over $118 million. The original Hangover made $45 million and took ten days to pass the $100 million mark. The original had incredible legs however, so we’ll have to see if Hangover 2 has the same staying power. A distant second was Kung Fu Panda 2 which, unlike Hangover 2, failed to top it’s predecessor. Panda 2 made $53.8 million on Thurday-Sunday, while the original made $66.6 million in it’s four day opening weekend. Pirates 4 had a pretty substantial drop from it’s number one weekend last week. It dropped 56% and came in third with $39.3. Bridesmaids took the fourth place spot with $16.3 million while Thor rounded out the top 5 with $9.4 million. A major mover was the latest from Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, which jumped from thirteenth last week to seventh this week.
I’m like the J. Jonah Jameson of Everything Action, writing and editing and constantly demanding pictures of Spider-Man.