The Hangover Trilogy
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| Directed by | Todd Phillips |
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| Music by | Christophe Beck |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Release dates
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2009–2013 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $218 million |
| Box office | $1,416,249,287 |
The Hangover is a series of three American comedy films originally created by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, and directed by Todd Phillips. All three films follows the misadventures of a quartet of friends (also known as "the Wolfpack") who go on their road trip to attend a wedding reception. While all of the films finds three of the four men on a mission to find their missing friend, the first two installments focus on the events following a night of debauchery before a wedding in Las Vegas and Bangkok. The third and final film involves a road trip and a kidnapping in lieu of a bachelor party.[1]
Contents
Films
The Hangover (2009)
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The Hangover tells the story of Phil Wenneck, Stu Price and Alan Garner, who travel to Las Vegas for a bachelor party to celebrate the impending marriage of their friend, Doug Billings. However, Phil, Stu, and Alan have no memory of the previous night's events and must find Doug before the wedding can take place.
Screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore wrote the script after hearing how a friend of executive producer Chris Bender went missing following his bachelor party in Las Vegas.[2] After Lucas and Moore sold it to Warner Bros. for $2 million,[3] director Todd Phillips and Jeremy Garelick rewrote the script to include a tiger as well as a subplot involving a baby and a police cruiser, and also including boxer Mike Tyson.[4] Filming took place in Nevada for 15 days.[5]
The Hangover Part II (2011)
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In The Hangover Part II, Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug travel to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the previous film's bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu takes no chances and opts for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things do not go as planned, resulting in another bad hangover with no memories of the previous night, which once again has someone lost, this time Stu's future brother-in-law, as Phil, Stu and Alan search for him in Bangkok.
Warner Bros. hired Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong to write a sequel to the The Hangover in April 2009, two months before the film was released after a trailer brought down the house at ShoWest.[6] The principal actors were cast in March 2010 to reprise their roles from the first film.[7] Production began in October 2010, in Ontario, California, before moving on location in Thailand.[8]
The Hangover Part III (2013)
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Two years after The Hangover Part II, Phil, Stu and Doug are happily living uneventful lives at home. The only member of the Wolfpack who is not content is Alan. Still lacking a sense of purpose, Alan has ditched his meds and given in to his natural impulses until the untimely death of his father forces him to finally re-evaluate his lifestyle and seek the help he needs. Fortunately, Phil, Stu and Doug are there to make sure Alan takes the first step. This time, there is no bachelor party and wedding, but things still go awry when the Wolfpack hits the road.
Todd Phillips first announced plans for a third film in May 2011, days before the release of The Hangover Part II.[9] Craig Mazin, who co-wrote Part II, was also brought on abroad in May to script the film.[10] The principal actors signed on in January 2012 and production began in September 2012 in Los Angeles, California before moving to Nogales, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.[1][11][12][13] The film was released on May 23, 2013.[14]
Cast
| Character | The Hangover | The Hangover Part II | The Hangover Part III |
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| Phil Wenneck | Bradley Cooper | ||
| Stuart Price | Ed Helms | ||
| Alan Garner | Zach Galifianakis | ||
| Doug Billings | Justin Bartha | ||
| Leslie Chow | Ken Jeong | ||
| Jade | Heather Graham | Heather Graham | |
| Black Doug | Mike Epps | Mike Epps | |
| Sid Garner | Jeffrey Tambor | ||
| Linda Garner | Sondra Currie | ||
| Tracy Garner-Billings | Sasha Barrese | ||
| Stephanie Wenneck | Gillian Vigman | ||
| Lauren Price | Jamie Chung | ||
| Melissa | Rachael Harris | ||
| Mike Tyson | Himself | ||
| Eddie / Samir | Bryan Callen | ||
| Kingsley | Paul Giamatti | ||
| Teddy | Mason Lee | ||
| Kimmy | Yasmin Lee | ||
| Marshall | Mentioned Only | John Goodman | |
| Cassie | Melissa McCarthy | ||
| Drug-dealing monkey | Crystal the Monkey | ||
Reception
Box office performance
| Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | Reference | |||
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| The Hangover | June 5, 2009 | $277,322,503 | $190,161,409 | $467,483,912 | #60 | #128 | $35,000,000 | [15] |
| The Hangover Part II | May 26, 2011 | $254,464,305 | $332,300,000 | $586,764,305 | #70 | #82 | $80,000,000 | [16] |
| The Hangover Part III | May 23, 2013 | $112,200,072 | $249,800,000 | $362,000,072 | #476 | #230 | $103,000,000 | [17] |
| Total | $643,986,880 | $772,261,409 | $1,416,249,287 | $218,000,000 | ||||
Critical and public response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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| The Hangover | 79% (225 reviews)[18] | 73 (31 reviews)[19] | A[20] |
| The Hangover Part II | 34% (233 reviews)[21] | 44 (40 reviews)[22] | A-[20] |
| The Hangover Part III | 19% (188 reviews)[23] | 30 (37 reviews)[24] | B[20] |
| Average | 44% | 49 | A- |
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