$107 million! "The Hangover 2," an R-rated comedy with a budget of $50 million, bagged $107 million at the North American box office in just 3 days across 3,251 theaters!
That's almost twice the $55.73 million opening weekend of "The Hangover," beating it by a whopping $51 million-plus! The $107 million also set a new record for the biggest R-rated comedy debut weekend of all time.
"How immense was the force of the predecessor to achieve such a crazy result?" Yahoo Entertainment commented with surprise about this week's box office champion. The entire market was shocked—who else has made it into the hundred-million-dollar club in 3 days? In 2002, "Spider-Man" with $114 million, PG-13; "District 9" in 2002 with $102 million, R-rated; "The Matrix Reloaded" in 2003 with $108 million, R-rated; and then nothing more, the original fourth place, now fifth place "Star Wars: Episode II" took 4 days in the summer of 2002, with $110 million, PG-rated.
