X-Men: First Class Topples The Hangover In U.S.
06 June 2011
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It's all change once again at the top of the U.S. box office as X-Men: First Class has snatched the top spot from The Hangover Part II.
First Class is the first X-Men movie since Wolverine graced the big screen two summers ago - but this time around Matthew Vaughn is in the director's chair.
In 1962, Charles Xavier starts up a school and later a team, for humans with superhuman abilities.
Among them is Erik Lensherr, his best friend... and future archenemy.
The movie took $56 million in it's opening weekend to topple comedy The Hangover Part II at the top of the box office.
The Hangover Part II took a further $32.4 million to slip just a single place to number two.
Kung Fu Panda, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Bridesmaids were also all down one place at three, four and five.
Thor fell out of the top five this week but the movie has taken $169 million in the U.S. alone. The Marvel movie has now taken in excess of $423 million at the global box office.
With X-Men: First Class being the only new entry in the chart this week movies 6-10 had all slipped just a single place.
1. (-) X-Men: First Class - $56,000,000
2. (1) The Hangover Part II - $32,445,000
3. (2) Kung Fu Panda 2 - $24,300,000
4. (3) Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides - $18,010,000
5. (4) Bridesmaids - $12,128,000
6. (5) Thor - $4,200,000
7. (6) Fast Five - $3,240,000
8. (7) Midnight in Paris - $2,916,000
9. (8) Jumping the Broom - $865,000
10. (9) Something Borrowed - $835,000
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