'Hangover Part 2' Looks To Open Huge Thursday With $30M Including $10.4M Midnight Screenings: On Way To $125M; 'Kung Fu Panda 2' $6M For $65M Holiday

THURSDAY 10:31 PM, 2ND�UPDATE: It's looking like both big�opening films today�are on track for their pre-release estimates. Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures' The Hangover Part 2 earned an "A-" CinemaScore and is heading for $30 million Thursday�including $10.4M in midnight shows.�That'll be its best-grossing day for this 5-day Memorial Weekend since 80% of colleges will be out Thursday and Friday. Hollywood is expecting a 3-day weekend of $80M-$85M and an extra-long�5-day Memorial holiday of $125M. DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu�Panda 2 distributed by Paramount earned an "A" CinemaScore and is debuting Thursday with $6 million because only 10% of K-12 schools are out on Thursday and just 20% on Friday.�The toon sequel�should gross bigger each day with $45M-$50M expected for the 3-day weekend and $65M-$70M for the extra-long 5-day Memorial�holiday.�Internationally, Panda 2 opens in 10 markets day and date including Russia and Korea.�Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides should hold�with $40M for the 3-day weekend and $60M for the traditional�4-day Memorial holiday.� Full analysis Friday. 10:15 AM UPDATE: This Memorial Weekend started early for the 2011 Summer Movie Season with both Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures' The Hangover Part 2 and DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 2 distributed by Paramount screening Thursday midnight shows. Warner Bros is saying that Hangover Part 2, one of the most anticipated sequels of the summer, opened after midnight ... Read More »

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/hangover-part-2-opens-with-9m-10m-thursday-midnight-screenings-on-its-way-to-125m/

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