Hangover – 33.4 Mil

Moviegoers are still feeling The Hangover in the comedy’s second weekend, making the boys-night-out romp the first movie of the summer to hold the top spot for two weeks in a row. A super-slim 26% decline (based on Sunday estimates) suggests great word of mouth and repeat business for the pic, which has already made $105.4 million and is now widely expected to cross the $200 million mark in the coming weeks. Read More…

The Hangover’s stiffest competition was another holdover, Disney/Pixar’s Up ($30.5 million). The animated adventure saw its total gross balloon to $187.2 million in its third weekend, putting it on track to outshine last year’s hit WALL-E, which made $223 million. But Up’s biggest payday is likely still to come. The movie has yet to open overseas, where Pixar titles often double their hauls (WALL-E made over $300 million in foreign countries, while 2007′s Ratatouille cooked up a sizzling $414 million to complement its $206 domestic take).

Despite two A-list names above the title, the John Travolta/Denzel Washington thriller The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 landed in the C-slot at the weekend box office with a soft $25 million debut. John Travolta opted out of the film’s promotional tour on account of his recent family tragedy, leaving Washington to plug the film solo on Letterman and at the film’s premiere. Accordingly, the movie opened pretty much in line with past Washington action pics like Déjà Vu ($20.6 million) and Inside Man ($29.0 million), falling way short of the $43.6 million bow of 2007′s American Gangster, when the actor shared top billing with Russell Crowe.

Rounding out the top five are Ben Stiller’s Night at the Museum 2, which added $9.6 million to its collection for a $143.4 million total, and the Will Ferrell dud Land of the Lost, which dropped 51% for a $9.2 weekend haul and a $35 million cumulative gross.

But there’s no doubt about the week’s biggest loser: Eddie Murphy’s Imagine That landed with a thud in the sixth-place spot, with just $5.7 million and a disastrous $1,894 per-site average from over 3,000 locations. It’s the summer’s biggest bomb so far, although it actually marks a slight improvement for Murphy, whose Meet Dave opened to a dismal $5.3 million last July.

Be sure to check back next week, when Sandra Bullock (The Proposal) takes on Jack Black and Michael Cera (Year One) for the box office crown—with The Hangover gunning for a hat trick in the number one spot.

-EW

Here are the top 10 films at the domestic box office this weekend, according to studio estimates and Hollywood.com:

1. “The Hangover” (Warner Bros./Legendary): $33.4 million, down just 26% on its second weekend. Domestic total: $105.4 million.

2. “Up” (Disney/Pixar): $30.5 million on its third weekend, a decline of just 31%. Domestic total: $187.2 million.

3. “The Taking of Pelham 123″ (Sony/Relativity): Opened to $25 million.

4. “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” (Fox): $9.6 million, down 34% on its fourth weekend at the box office. Domestic total: $143.4 million.

5. “Land of the Lost” (Universal/Relativity): $9.2 million, down 51% from its opening. Domestic total: $35 million.

6. “Imagine That” (Paramount): Debuted at $5.7 million.

7. “Star Trek” (Paramount/Spyglass): $5.6 million, a 33% decline on its sixth weekend. Domestic total: $232 million.

8. “Terminator Salvation” (Warner Bros./Halcyon): $4.7 million, down 43% on its fourth weekend. Domestic total: $113.8 million.

9. “Angels and Demons” (Sony): $4.2 million, a drop of 36% on its fifth weekend. Domestic total: $123.3 million.

10. “Drag Me to Hell” (Universal/Ghost House): $3.9 million, down 45% on its third weekend. Domestic total: $35.1 million.