The Hangover (film series) after hearing how a friend of executive producer Chris Bender went missing following his bachelor party in Las Vegas. After Lucas and Moore sold it to Warner Bros. for $2 million, 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. Filming took place in Nevada for 15 days. 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
The Hangover than twice that of "Land of the Lost", which finished third with $18.8 million. The film exceeded Warner Bros.' expectations—which had anticipated it would finish third behind "Up" and "Land of the Lost"—benefiting from positive word-of-mouth and critical praise, and a generally negative buzz for "Land of the Lost". It stayed at the number one position in its second weekend, grossing another $32,794,387, from 3,355 theaters for an average of $9,775 per venue, and bringing the 10-day amount to $104,768,489. "The Hangover" was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and UMD on December 15, 2009. There is a single-disc theatrical version featuring