MUMBAI: Warner Bros.‘ Todd Philips-directed The Hangover Part II grossed an estimated $30 million in a record showing for an R-rated comedy and is poised to gross $135 million in its first five days.
The film that earned $31.7 million on Thursday, is well on its way to gather more than $60 million in a total of Friday and Saturday.
Paramount and DreamWorks Animation‘s Kung Fu Panda 2, the film to release earned an estimated $13.5 million on Friday in a good showing. Opening on Thursday, the film‘s two-day total came to around $19.3 million.
Trade pundits believe that the film should pick up steam on Saturday as families become fully available. Thus it will be on track to gross between $65 to $70 million in its five-day run.
Coming in third position at Friday‘s box-office was Disney‘s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides that is expected to gross between $9 to $10 million on Friday.
In the fourth position was Universal‘s R-rated female-comedy Bridesmaids.
