'Hangover' has weekend binge with $103.4M debut

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – "The Hangover Part II" binged at the box office with a $103.4 million haul over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, setting a new revenue record for a comedy debut.

The sequel to 2009's blockbuster surpassed the previous best comedy opening of $85.7 million for "Bruce Almighty" over Memorial Day in 2003.

The weekend's other new wide release, "Kung Fu Panda 2," opened in second-place with $60.9 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Hollywood.com are:

1. "The Hangover Part II," Warner Bros., $103,426,875, 3,615 locations, $28,610 average, $135,037,242, one week.

2. "Kung Fu Panda 2," Paramount, $60,871,175, 3,925 locations, $15,509 average, $66,675,304, one week.

3. "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," Disney, $50,012,338, 4,164 locations, $12,011 average, $163,607,625, two weeks.

4. "Bridesmaids," Universal, $20,736,910, 2,958 locations, $7,010 average, $89,343,465, three weeks.

5. "Thor," Paramount, $12,080,141, 3,296 locations, $3,665 average, $162,439,444, four weeks.

6. "Fast Five," Universal, $7,889,650, 2,981 locations, $2,647 average, $197,308,750, five weeks.

7. "Midnight in Paris," Sony Pictures Classics, $2,555,210, 58 locations, $44,055 average, $3,460,194, two weeks.

8. "Rio," Fox, $2,443,571, 1,672 locations, $1,461 average, $135,484,845, seven weeks.

9. "Jumping the Broom," Sony, $2,385,436, 939 locations, $2,540 average, $34,666,502, four weeks.

10. "Something Borrowed," Warner Bros., $2,278,192, 1,440 locations, $1,582 average, $35,192,518, four weeks.

11. "Priest," Sony Screen Gems, $2,185,732, 1,918 locations, $1,140 average, $27,748,013, three weeks.

12. "Water For Elephants," Fox, $1,375,031, 794 locations, $1,732 average, $54,704,496, six weeks.

13. "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," IFC, $577,216, 118 locations, $4,892 average, $2,764,688, five weeks.

14. "Soul Surfer," Sony, $532,872, 401 locations, $1,329 average, $41,421,894, eight weeks.

15. "The Tree of Life," Fox Searchlight, $493,788, 4 locations, $123,447 average, $493,788, one week.

16. "Rango," Paramount, $455,661, 280 locations, $1,627 average, $121,811,532, 13 weeks.

17. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family," Lionsgate, $432,965, 359 locations, $1,206 average, $52,395,875, six weeks.

18. "Source Code," Summit, $403,373, 299 locations, $1,349 average, $53,513,861, nine weeks.

19. "Everything Must Go," Roadside Attractions, $351,727, 161 locations, $2,185 average, $2,175,145, three weeks.

20. "Limitless," Relativity Media, $323,818, 269 locations, $1,204 average, $78,509,171, 11 weeks.