Holiday Weekend Box Office: May 27-30

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  The Hangover: Part 2 - $103.4 million

2.  Kung Fu Panda 2 - $60.8 million

3.  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - $50 million

4.  Bridesmaids - $20.7 million

5.  Thor - $12 million

6.  Fast Five - $7.8 million

7.  Midnight in Paris - $2.5 million

8.  Rio - $2.4 million

9.  Jumping the Broom - $2.3 million

10.  Something Borrowed - $2.2 million

You can see from the news below that a Hangover 3 is already on the way.  No shocker there.  The Wolfpack returned with a vengence this weekend, and while it may not have been quite as good as the first film, audiences certainly didn't seem to care this Memorial Day, as The Hangover Part 2 slayed all of the competition with $104.3 million over the holiday weekend.  The sequel, which opened on Thursday, started off strong with midnight showings earning $10.4 million and opening day total gross of $31.7 million.  Its total haul through Monday is $135 million, with another $59 million coming in from overseas.

The holiday's family-oriented choice, Kung Fu Panda 2, earned a decent but unspectacular $60.8 million.  The animated sequel also opened on Thursday, but was completely overshadowed by Hangover 2, earning just $5.8 million.  Understandable, considering its key audience was most likely still in school.  Worldwide, the film has earned $123 million.

More alarming about the lackluster opening for Kung Fu Panda 2 (and possibly a trend for the rest of the summer?):  3D ticket sales accounted for only 45% of business.  That's pretty low - could it be parents are getting tired of shelling out the extra cash for 3D tickets?  We saw similar low 3D numbers for Pirates 4 last weekend as well.  Now, it could be that the movie stinks (although Pirates wasn't terrible and Kung Fu Panda was actually well-reviewed), but it will be interesting to see the response to the 3D screenings of Transformers 3 and Harry Potter go in the weeks to come.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides sank 56% this weekend with $50 million.  With $163 million total, it's definitely going to be the first Pirates film not to cross the $300 mark domestically, although overseas it's earned an outrageous $470 million already.  Seriously.

Thor held its own over the holiday weekend with $12 million ($162 million total domestically - $249 overseas), and Bridesmaids survived the Hangover onslaught with a pretty damn good $20.7 million.

On the limited-release front, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris jumped into the top ten with $2.5 million in just 58 theaters.  Terrence Malick's Tree of Life earned $493,788 at just 4 theaters nationwide.

Next week sees the arrival of X-Men: First Class, the first X-Men film since 2003's X2 to actually be getting some good reviews for a change.  Can it restart the X-Men franchise?  Let's hope so!