But still hangover at Pixar.

Soaring sudden end: According to estimates from the weekend was Pixar's animated film "Up" the top position of the American movie charts asserted, but the absolute figures reveal the massive men comedy "Hangover" moved with a considerable turnover over.

 

Hamburg / Los Angeles - At the end of the weekend, the U.S. studios, their estimates on the box office results of their films - some estimate it conservatively, some beat on the strings.

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Scene from "The Hangover": Turbulent Weekend

Warner Bros. had on Sunday evening, and the modest sales of the newly launched bachelor party comedy "Hangover" with 43.3 million U.S. dollars given. The displaced from Disney-Pixar film "Up" with 44.2 million U.S. dollars given - and would thus place the tip of the North American film charts defended.
Even online blogs reported on the usually reliable figures.

On Monday, however, as all sales were actually counted, it turned out: "The Hangover" was recorded much more than initially projected: With 45 million U.S. dollars pulls the movie through a chaotic Männertrip to Las Vegas to an enchanting Pixar animated film to pass the number one . A remarkable result for a startup film without big stars and an R-rating, the young viewers outside leaves. And a successful coup by Warner Bros which - intentionally or not - to the detriment of their massive film have miscalculated. In the battle for the box-office crown, the very rare. "Hangover" is running on 23 July in Germany, "Up" in September.