Monday, June 15, 2009

A new summer movie box office record

"Wolverine," "Star Trek," "Angels & Demons," "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and "Up."

All of these are the first No. 1 films of the summer season. And they all held the No. 1 spot for exactly ONE week before being dethroned by the next big blockbuster.

But, now we have the first film to stay atop the box office for two straight weeks: "The Hangover" or how its known now "The little comedy that could."
Granted the first weekend for "The Hangover" was close, it only beat "Up" by $841,053 which is extremely close by box office standards. But the history books won't remember how close it was, only that "The Hangover" was No. 1.

This last weekend it repeated by fending off "Up" yet again as well as new films "The Taking of Pelham 123" and "Imagine That." This time there was a $2 million dollar difference between No. 1 and No. 2 ("The Hangover" and "Up").

As of today (Monday afternoon) "The Hangover" has grossed over $104 million dollars! And if you take into account the budget of the film ($35 million) it is making pure profit every single day.

And yes, they are already writing the sequel.

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