Movies
'Up' beats 'Hangover' to win US box office
Published Monday, Jun 8 2009, 11:00 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Pixar's Up has held off strong competition from comedy The Hangover to remain atop the US box office.
Todd Phillips's new movie, about three men who lose the groom on a Las Vegas bachelor party weekend, pulls in $43.3 million over the weekend to debut in second place. It is the third-highest opening for an R-rated comedy in the US, beating recent hits Superbad and Knocked Up.
Will Ferrell's Land Of The Lost, meanwhile, debuts at number three with a disappointing £19.5 million, making it the first major flop of the summer. The box office take falls well below Universal's expectations for the $100 million-budgeted comedy.
Elsewhere, Nia Vardalos's My Life In Ruins struggles to make a dent in the chart, opening at number nine with $3.2 million.
The US box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Up - $44,244,000
2. (-) The Hangover - $43,275,000
3. (-) Land Of The Lost - $19,524,000
4. (2) Night At The Museum 2 - $14,650,000
5. (5) Star Trek - $8,400,000
6. (3) Terminator Salvation - $8,175,000
7. (4) Drag Me To Hell - $7,342,000
8. (6) Angels & Demons - $6,500,000
9. (-) My Life In Ruins - $3,225,000
10. (7) Dance Flick - $2,000,000
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