Todd Phillips

The film, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Zach Galifianakis, was another R-rated comedy and another box office success. It grossed $211,780,324 worldwide.<br /><br /> In the fall of 2010, production on The Hangover Part II began in Bangkok, Thailand. Again Phillips served as the director, producer and co-writer. The film shot for 63 days and broke all kinds of records upon its release on May 26, 2011. Starting with midnight showings in 2,600 theaters, the film earned $10.4 million, breaking the record for the biggest midnight opening for an R-rated film. The Hangover Part II went on to accrue a launch day total of $31.6 million; nearly doubling The Hangovers Friday launch opening ($16.7 million). This amount broke two further records; the highest-grossing opening day for a live-action comedy and the highest-grossing opening day for an R-rated comedy film, replacing Sex and the City ($26.7 million). The three-day opening weekend accumulated $85,946,294 – an average of $23,923 per theater – becoming the highest grossing opening weekend for a comedy film, replacing The Simpsons Movie ($74 million). For the Memorial Day four-day weekend, the film amassed $103.4 million to become the fourth-highest-grossing Memorial Day weekend opening. Finally, the film's worldwide gross of $581,464,305 beat the previous R-rated comedy record holder The Hangover to become the biggest comedy of all time and the third-biggest R-rated film of all time. Read Less