Still ringing at the box office: No cure needed for 'Hangover'

This hangover just won't quit.

The Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover" hauled in $33.4 million to remain No. 1 at the box office for the second consecutive weekend.

The tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone to extremes raised its total to $105.4 million after 10 days in theaters. It was the first summertime movie to finish No. 1 two weekends in a row.

Disney's latest Pixar animation hit "Up" came in a close second again with sales of $30.5 million.

Sony's thriller "The Taking of Pelham 123" left the station with just $25 million onboard to land third in its debut weekend.

"Pelham 123," a remake of the critically acclaimed 1974 suspense flick, has high-test star power with Denzel Washington and John Travolta facing off over a crackling radio after Travolta's character hijacks a Lexington Ave. subway train.

Prerelease buzz positioned "Pelham 123" as the year's first summer action flick for grownups.

Still, Daily News movie critic Joe Neumaier wrote last week that director Tony Scott's film didn't measure up to "the much-loved and far superior" original.

Other movie reviewers - and apparently many moviegoers - agreed.

Screenwriter Brian Helgeland, of "L.A. Confidential" fame, made several major departures from the original movie, including transforming Travolta's character from calculating and calm to punchy and erratic, and giving the dispatcher played by Washington a dark secret to suggest a flawed hero.

The updated script also adds modern technology like cell phones and thermal imaging and even a Wall Street twist.

"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," raked in $9.6 million to land No. 4 at the weekend box office. "Land of the Lost" was fifth with ticket sales of $9.2 million.

Eddie Murphy delivered a dud with the Paramount family comedy "Imagine That," which debuted at No. 6 with a lackluster take of $5.7 million.

The movie features Murphy as a work-obsessed dad whose daughter's three imaginary friends make him a financial whiz with their stock-market picks. (www.nydailynews.com)