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The HangoverFollow

2009 • R • 1h 40m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

Some guys just can't handle Vegas.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$45.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$277.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$465.50M
$188.20M international
Domestic legs6.16x
Budget$35.0M
2009 rank#6

Cast & crew

Full Phillips filmography
Todd Phillips Todd Phillips Director Bradley Cooper Bradley Cooper Starring Ed Helms Ed Helms Starring Zach Galifianakis Zach Galifianakis Starring Justin Bartha Justin Bartha Starring Heather Graham Heather Graham Starring
ScreenplayScott Moore, Jon Lucas Produced byTodd Phillips, Dan Goldberg CinematographyLawrence Sher MusicChristophe Beck StudioWarner Bros. SeriesThe Hangover

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 5-7 1 $45.0M — 3,269 $13,759 $45.0M
2 Jun 12-14 1 $32.8M −27.1% 3,355 $9,774 $104.8M
3 Jun 19-21 2 $26.8M −18.4% 3,545 $7,546 $152.8M
4 Jun 26-28 3 $17.0M −36.4% 3,525 $4,828 $183.1M
5 Jul 3-5 5 $11.3M −33.8% 3,070 $3,670 $205.0M
6 Jul 10-12 6 $9.9M −11.8% 3,002 $3,308 $222.4M
7 Jul 17-19 6 $8.2M −17.7% 2,667 $3,066 $235.7M
8 Jul 24-26 7 $6.5M −21.0% 2,285 $2,827 $247.1M
9 Jul 31-Aug 2 8 $5.2M −19.6% 2,071 $2,508 $255.9M
10 Aug 7-9 11 $3.4M −35.1% 1,690 $1,993 $262.0M
11 Aug 14-16 14 $2.0M −41.0% 1,185 $1,678 $265.8M
12 Aug 21-23 14 $1.5M −25.9% 848 $1,738 $268.3M
13 Aug 28-30 16 $1.3M −9.1% 801 $1,673 $270.2M
14 Sep 4-6 17 $1.2M −8.8% 709 $1,723 $271.9M
15 Sep 11-13 19 $709.2K −42.0% 564 $1,257 $273.1M
16 Sep 18-20 21 $467.4K −34.1% 401 $1,165 $273.9M
17 Sep 25-27 20 $423.2K −9.5% 355 $1,192 $274.5M
18 Oct 2-4 19 $552.6K +30.6% 517 $1,068 $275.2M
19 Oct 9-11 25 $427.3K −22.7% 471 $907 $275.8M
20 Oct 16-18 25 $267.6K −37.4% 359 $745 $276.3M
21 Oct 23-25 27 $201.3K −24.8% 291 $691 $276.6M
22 Oct 30-Nov 1 30 $117.3K −41.7% 215 $545 $276.8M
23 Nov 6-8 31 $109.4K −6.7% 152 $719 $276.9M
24 Nov 13-15 32 $80.3K −26.6% 130 $617 $277.1M
25 Nov 20-22 38 $57.0K −29.0% 103 $553 $277.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$263.8M
Jun 5Jun 22Jul 10Jul 27Aug 13
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.4M
$45.0M
$32.8M
$26.8M
$17.0M
$11.3M
$9.9M
$8.2M
$6.5M
$5.2M
$3.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,545 → 1,690 −52.3%
3,269 open1,690 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.1%
−27.1%
W1→2
−18.4%
W2→3
−36.4%
W3→4
−33.8%
W4→5
−11.8%
W5→6
−17.7%
W6→7
−21.0%
W7→8
−19.6%
W8→9
−35.1%
W9→10
Steepest −36.4%Best hold −11.8%

Run milestones

$200M in 30 days
$100M
Day 10
Jun 14
$200M
Day 30
Jul 4

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#12 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $277.3M #15 Longest runs of $1M+ daysAll-time 52 days #16 Biggest original filmsAll-time $277.3M

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