The Hangover Part II structure. There needs to be a ticking clock, there needs to be a missed night and there needs to be someone who's gone and a woman who is waiting to get married and a guy who needs to get married." In June 2010, before accepting the Guy Movie of the Year award on the Spike Guys Choice Awards, Phillips announced that there would be a "Hangover 2" and that they were hoping to begin filming around October 15, 2010, for a July 4, 2011 weekend release. In July 2010, it was confirmed that film would indeed be set in Thailand
The Hangover Part II in The Netherlands and $6.2 million in France and $3.1 million in Italy ($4.6 million with previews); a five-fold increase over the opening weekend gross of "The Hangover". On its second weekend, the film accrued $63.8 million from 53 territories, placing it second behind "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," the film having earned 79 percent of its predecessor's entire overseas run. On the weekend of June 10–12, 2011, it surpassed its predecessor and "There's Something About Mary" in international earnings to become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy overseas. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 33%