Friday Box Office: Killer Hangover
This weekend's comedy matchup wasn't even close, as The Hangover (at $16.5 million) managed to pull in more than double what the expensive, future stoner classic Land of the Lost made on Friday ($7.2 million). Still, it wasn't all good news for underdog comedies: My Life in Ruins was forced to enter at rear with a meager $1.1 million.
THE HANGOVER: $16,535,000 (new)
UP: $13,500,000 ($106,572,000)
LAND OF THE LOST: $7,218,000 (new)
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN: $4,550,000 ($117,241,000)
DRAG ME TO HELL: $2,573,000 ($23,766,000)
TERMINATOR SALVATION: $2,530,000 ($99,850,000)
STAR TREK: $2,520,000 ($216,922,000)
ANGELS & DEMONS: $2,000,000 ($111,625,000)
MY LIFE IN RUINS: $1,100,000 (new)
DANCE FLICK: $685,000 ($21,352,000)