DISNEY - UP GOES DOWN; HANGOVER HANGS OVER

UP GOES DOWN; HANGOVER HANGS OVER

In a final result that no one saw coming, Warner Bros.' The Hangover edged out Disney/Pixar's Up over the weekend. Final figures indicated that The Hangover raked in $44,979,319 to take the No. 1 position in the box-office rankings. Up fell to second place with $44,138,266. While The Hangover performed better than the studio had estimated, Universal's Land of the Lost lost even more ground than the studio had thought, winding up with only $18,837,350.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Box Office Mojo (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date) 1. The Hangover , Warner Bros., $44,979,319, (New); 2. Up , Disney, $44,138,266, 2 Wks. ($137,210,701); 3. Land of the Lost , Universal, $18,837,350, (New); 4. Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian, 20th Century Fox, $14,634,988, 3 Wks. ($127,326,188); 5. Star Trek , Paramount, $8,310,480, 5 Wks. ($222,712,175); 6. Terminator Salvation, Warner Bros., $8,248,387, 3 Wks. ($105,568,008); 7 . Drag Me to Hell, Universal, $7,040,550, 2 Wks. ($28,233,230); 8. Angels & Demons, Sony, $6,550,282, 3 Wks. ($116,174,931); 9. My Life in Ruins, Fox Searchlight, $3,223,161, (New); 10. Dance Flick , Paramount, $1,958,725, 3 Wks. ($22,625,733).

09/06/2009