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 Inbetweeners Movie then went on to set a new record for the most successful opening weekend ever achieved by a comedy film in the UK, overtaking "" and "The Hangover Part II" after earning £13.22 million, compared to second-place "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" which took £2.4 million. "The Inbetweeners Movie" was confirmed as having the biggest opening weekend for an independent British film. It retained its number 1 position in the UK film charts for four weeks before being overtaken by "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" on 20 September 2011, by which time "The Inbetweeners Movie" had grossed £41.8 million