Box Office Analysis Week 24

‘Hangover,’ ‘Up’ lead boxoffice again

14 June 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | From HollywoodReporter.com |

“The Hangover” hung around the top spot in domestic rankings for the second straight weekend, ringing up an estimated $33.4 million in the first repeat boxoffice win of the summer.

Disney/Pixar’s “Up” — which had looked like it pulled off the same feat the prior session until final data put it in second place — was a repeat silver-medalist, with $30.5 million in the latest weekend face-off between the family-oriented animated feature and the chart-topping R-rated comedy from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.

“Hangover” now boasts a 10-day cumulative boxoffice of $105.4 million, following a skimpy 26% drop from its first Friday-Sunday tally. “Up” raised its cume to $187.2 million through three sessions.

Sony’s remake of the subway hijacking thriller “The Taking of Pelham 123″ opened with $25 million in third place, roughly in line with pre-release projections for the Denzel Washington-John Travolta starrer. Paramount’s Eddie Murphy comedy “Imagine That” debuted limply, with $5.7 million in sixth place.

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