SUNDAY PM, 7TH�UPDATE: As a frustrated studio bigwig who�didn't have a�fresh film playing emailed me dripping sarcasm, "Yay, another day of counting other people's money." I told you to Memorial-ize this holiday because the 2011 North American box office slump is officially over now that the official start of the 2011 Summer Movie Season has set a record for the biggest Memorial Weekend box office ever --�$275M overall for the�4-day�holiday. Which�easily beat 2007 as the highest grossing�(when
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3, and
Shrek 3, and
Spider-Man 3 ran 1-2-3 for $254M). And it beat last year's overall total by almost +50%. YOWZA! Here are�North American box office numbers for the
Top 10 movies Friday and Saturday and Sunday with 3-day weekend and�4-day Memorial holiday numbers.�Refined numbers in the morning: 1.
The Hangover Part 2 (Legendary/Warner Bros) NEW [3,615 Theaters] Thursday $31.6M, Friday $29.8M, Saturday $30M,�Sunday $26M, Three-day Weekend $85M Four-day Memorial Holiday $103,�Five-Day Cume $135M, International Cume $59M, Global Cume $194M This sequel is the biggest 3-day weekend comedy�debut ever, beating
The Simpsons Movie's $74M). And�
Hangover�2 shattering all R-rated comedy records. The previous largest first weekend�for an R-rated comedy was
Sex And The City ($56.8M/$79M). Internationally,
Hangover 2 opened in 40 countries on 5,170 screens to a humongous $59m with 7.2m admissions, which is 3 times higher than the opening of
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