On Friday, July 14, 2000, Bryan Singer's X-Men earned $20.7 million at the box office, on the way toward an opening weekend of $54 million. Just shy of eleven years later, Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class earned $21 million on Friday night, and should be on course for an opening frame totaling $53 million. Symmetry! Elsewhere, The Hangover Part II dropped 65 percent from Friday to Friday, but the record-breaking sequel still earned $11 million last night. That kind of scratch buys plenty of smoking monkeys. Your Friday box office is here.
1. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS: $21 million (new)
2. THE HANGOVER PART II: $11 million ($165.4 million)
3. KUNG FU PANDA 2: $6.2 million ($82.3 million)
4. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES: $4.9 million ($177.1 million)
5. BRIDESMAIDS: $3.5 million ($98.6 million)
[via Deadline]