Recession or not, the box office had a big summer, pulling in a total of $4.35 billion, a 5 percent increase over last summer.
The big winner this summer was Warner Bros., which earned just over $1 billion, 59 percent of which came from two films: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and the surprise hit comedy The Hangover.
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Paramount scraped up $848.8 million with only nine releases. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen did most of the heavy lifting, earning $400.7 million during its run, the highest of any other flick domestically this summer.
Fox and Disney, which both ...
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Moviegoers are still feeling The Hangover: The bawdy comedy reeled in $33.4 million to retain the box-office crown for the second week in a row. It is also the first summer movie to hold the No. 1 spot for two consecutive weeks. The Hangover has now grossed $105.3 million in 10 days.
Coming in second was Up, with $30.5 million. The animated film's cumulative total now stands at $187.2 million, making it summer's second ...
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Go behind the scenes on the set of the box office smash The Hangover with TV Guide Network. See just how hilarious Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha are when the cameras stop rolling and how Galifianakis kept everyone on their toes with his sweet improv skills.
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Contrary to earlier reports, The Hangover topped the weekend box office in its debut weekend, overtaking Up.
Hangover earned $45 million — about $1.8 million more than Sunday's estimates, according to the Associated Press. Pixar's animated Up was close behind, with $44.2 million in its second week.
While the raunchy Hangover exceeded expectations, another comedy underwhelmed...
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Everyone loves a good bachelor party, but more often than not, they get a little too crazy or out of hand. In The Hangover (hitting theaters June 5), three groomsmen take their buddy to Las Vegas to say goodbye to singlehood. After a night of drunken debauchery, the guys wake up to find that something is missing — the groom. In honor of the new comedy's arrival, we looked back at some of the big screen's most hilarious bachelor parties.
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