"'The Hangover' beats 'National Treasure' to top the weekly box office charts!" ---Los Angeles Times.

"43.28 million in the opening weekend! "The Hangover" ushered in a stunning start!" --- "The New Yorker"

"Unexpected!'The Hangover' broke box office records!'Alexander the Great' failed at the box office!" ---Seattle Chronicle.

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Last week, a total of 5 new films were released, including "The Hangover", as well as "National Treasure", which broke the box office record for Uncle Cage's premiere last week!

In the face of competition from strong competitors and doubts from the North American media, "The Hangover" broke out of the encirclement and unexpectedly won the weekend box office championship, which can be described as a broken glass!

North American Weekend Box Office Charts (November 26, 2004 – November 28, 2004):

No. 1, "The Hangover", released for 5 days, $43.28 million, Measuring Ruler Pictures, with a cumulative box office of $56.86 million and 3,200 theaters;

No. 2, "National Treasure", released for 10 days, $33.1 million, Disney, with a cumulative box office of $87.27 million, and 3,286 theaters screened;

No. 3, "The Incredibles", released for 10 days, $24.1 million, Disney, with a cumulative box office of $63.28 million, and 3,052 theaters;

No. 4, "Escape from Christmas", released for 5 days, $22.7 million, Sony Columbia, with a cumulative box office of $32.2 million, released in 2,842 theaters;

No. 5, "Polar Express", 17 days in theaters, $20.1 million, Warner Bros., cumulative box office $82.2 million, 3,200 theaters;

No. 6, "Alexander the Great", released for 5 days, $13.5 million, Paramount, with a cumulative box office of $21.6 million and 3,200 theaters;

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The new film "The Hangover" directed by Chen Hao and released quickly unexpectedly topped the box office charts with a three-day box office result of $43.28 million over the weekend!

The box office result of 43.28 million US dollars also refreshed the original box office record of 29.82 million held by Chen Hao in the first weekend of "District 9"!

Among them, the single-day box office of "The Hangover" on Friday was $16.54 million, which also refreshed Chen Hao's personal best single-day box office record!

Also, in the first 5 days of "The Hangover", the box office totaled 56.86 million US dollars, which also refreshed Chen Hao's personal best first-week and single-week box office records!

This film, which was not favored by the media before, directly refreshed many of Chen Hao's personal box office records in the first week.

At the same time, after the movie was released, the media's overall rating was B, which was not as bad as the media said before the release.

Even many media have changed their previous attitude of criticism and depreciation, and have sung praises to "The Hangover".

After the first week, The Hangover did unexpectedly well at the box office, and the word of mouth was not so bad!

At the top of the list is last week's box office winner, National Treasure, which still performed well the following week after setting a first-weekend box office record for Nicolas Cage.

33.1 million in 3 days over the weekend, and the cumulative box office in 10 days of release has exceeded 87 million, Disney's investment will obviously make a profit.

And the actor Nicolas Cage, who has long been lonely, has also returned to the public eye again with this movie!

Judging by the current box office performance of "National Treasure", Disney must already be planning to launch "National Treasure 2"!

The third runner-up on the list is also from Disney's animated film "The Incredibles", and it is worth mentioning that the later stages of "National Treasure" and "The Incredibles" were completed by Pixar.

Another new addition to the list this week is Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis' comedy "Escape from Christmas," which topped the charts this weekend with $22.7 million.

Since its release on Wednesday, "Escape from Christmas" has grossed $32 million, which is much better than previously expected.

"The Polar Express," starring Tom Hanks, slipped one spot from last week to No. 5 this week, grossing $20.1 million at the box office.

To date, it has grossed $82.2 million. The $170 million Christmas cartoon is produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment.

However, judging from the current box office, Warner Bros. should lose money this time!

The sixth on the list is also a new film, and the performance of "Alexander the Great", which was previously highly anticipated by the media, was also a bit of a surprise.

With only $13.5 million at the weekend box office, I believe many people didn't expect it.

In everyone's imagination, the box office performances of "The Hangover" and "Alexander the Great" should be interchanged.

Unfortunately, this is not the case.

For Alexander the Great, the conquest of the world may have been an easy task, but conquering the North American box office charts was a different story entirely.

"Alexander the Great," directed by Oliver Stone, debuted on the North American box office charts on Wednesday, ranking sixth on the charts with only 13.5 million in the three days of the weekend.

This three-hour-long epic blockbuster can be called the strongest in terms of both its creative team and production lineup.

In terms of the cast, Colin Farrell plays Alexander, Fon Kilmer plays Alexander's father King Philip, and Angelina Jolie plays Alexander's mother, Queen Olympias.

Anthony Hopkins as historian Ptolemy, Rosario Townsend as Alexander's wife Rosanne, and Jared Leto as Alexander's same-sex lover Hephaestion.

"Alexander the Great" was released last Wednesday in time for the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, and has grossed $21.6 million so far.

This self-financed film by the famous Hollywood director Oliver Stone fulfilled his 15-year wish.

According to relevant reports, the filming cost of "Alexander the Great" is actually as high as 210 million US dollars, and it will be filmed on three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa, and will become one of the most expensive films in the history of film.

Unfortunately, since its release, the film has received a flood of bad reviews.

A large number of bad reviews mainly focus on the film's rendering of Alexander's bisexuality, incest plot and storytelling, and the hollowness of the characterization.

It has been said that "if the film were placed in Alexander's time, the gods would rain down angry lightning".

And the Greek lawyers' team accusing Oliver Stone of misrepresenting Alexander's sexual orientation has added to the chaos.

"Alexander the Great" looks like it's going to meet Waterloo in North America!

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The $43.28 million in the opening weekend and $56.86 million in the opening week of "The Hangover" surprised not only the media and critics, but also the leading actors.

Even the prodigal son Downey waved his fist excitedly after seeing the box office results.

Because judging from the box office results of the first week of "The Hangover", breaking 100 million is a certainty.

And Downey will also successfully achieve three consecutive films with "Hurricane Rescue", "District 9" and "The Hangover", which will undoubtedly be of great benefit to his career.

As for Zack, he was even more happy, shouting and screaming like in the movie, excited like a fat man of 300 pounds.

Such a powerful box office performance also made everyone full of enthusiasm and worked harder to promote.

At the same time, in the second week, media critics' reviews of "The Hangover" began to appear in the newspapers.

Chen Hao smiled maliciously, but I want to see how the media critics who questioned it before are writing now!