'Up' beats 'Hangover' to win US box office

UPDATED: Revised figures show The Hangover as the number one US film with $44.9 million, ahead of Up's $44.1 million.

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