The Hangover Part II and earlier comments made by Phillips denying such reports were a deliberate case of misdirection. The following month, Bradley Cooper stated he believed the rumors to be true and was looking forward to filming "The Hangover 2" in Thailand. In October 2010, Phillips confirmed that the film would take place in Bangkok and Los Angeles and that Galifianakis, Cooper, Helms and Ken Jeong would be returning. On a budget of $80 million, principal photography began on October 8, 2010, in Ontario, California with the first images of production being released a few days later. It was also reported in October
The Hangover Part II screens. In total, the film accrued $60.3 million from its Friday-through-Monday opening weekend, more than tripling the international gross of "The Hangover"s debut in the same territories. The highest weekend gross came from the United Kingdom where the film earned £10,409,017 from 469 screens, breaking the record for the highest-grossing opening for a US comedy, but this record was overtaken by "The Inbetweeners Movie" (£13,216,736). Australia accrued a gross of $12.1 million to replace "Sex and the City" in the country as the highest-grossing opening for an MA-rated film—no-one under the age of 15 permitted. The film took $8.7 million