‘Vacation Friends’ Sequel In Works After Hulu Movie Lands Biggest 3-Day Weekend Opening For An Original In Streamer’s History

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That result would triple the previous Labor Day weekend record of $30.5 million set by “Halloween” in 2007; and with overall totals now sitting comfortably above $130 million, this Labor Day weekend could sit among the top 5 in box office history despite the presence of the Delta variant. Marvel films have been consistently well-received by audiences and critics, but even by those high standards “Shang-Chi” is receiving remarkable acclaim.

Defying what has historically been a slow end-of-summer frame at the box office, Disney/Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” smashed records over the Labor Day weekend by grossing an estimated $71.4 million over the three-day frame and a Disney-projected $83.5 million through Monday from 4,300 locations.

After grossing an excellent $29.6 million from 4,300 screens on Friday, industry estimates now have the latest MCU film grossing $70.8 million over the 3-day period — which would match the opening of “F9” earlier this summer — and a stunning $86 million 4-day launch. That would nearly triple the previous record set 14 years ago by Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” with $30.5 million.

John Cena and Lil Rel Howery are moving beyond just Vacation Friends, and becoming Honeymoon Friends.

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previously boasted set an all-time record in its opening weekend on streaming and was Hulu’s most-discussed original film on Twitter. As for the sequel, director Clay Tarver is expected to return to write and direct the sequel that will be titled “Honeymoon Friends” and will reunite the main cast, including John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, Meredith Hagner and Yvonne Orji.

Angelique Jackson The “Vacation Friends” will be back for another wild and raunchy ride, as 20th Century Studios has set a sequel to the couples comedy starring John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji and Meredith Hagner.“Vacation Friends,” which is now streaming on Hulu, followed Marcus (Howery) and Emily (Orji), a straight-laced couple who head to Mexico for a romantic getaway.

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Lil Rel Howery and Yvonne Orji play Marcus and Emily, the strait-laced pair, who are on vacation at a luxury resort in Mexico. Marcus is about to pop the question in their suite, when he opens the door to find the room drenched in water from the overflowing hot tub of their upstairs neighbors.To make amends, Ron (John Cena) and Kyla (Meredith Hagner), the loony lovebirds, invite them over for cocktails.

The pandemic has been cruel to more than a few movie genres, but have any been so hampered by the current state of the world as the vacation comedy?Early on, it reminded us of what we couldn’t do, what we were postponing or canceling. It was an odd experience of wistfulness laced with bitterness watching people like Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon dine and drink their way through Greece.

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Joe Leydon Film CriticJust as it’s easy to imagine “The Hangover” being transformed, with relatively minor script tinkering, into a deadly serious film noir, one can envision an early draft of “Vacation Friends” serving as the blueprint for a paranoid thriller about vacationers who discover much too late that their new acquaintances are aggressively chummy for all the wrong reasons.Indeed, there is a teasing hint in an early scene of director Clay Tarver’s comedy that at least one of those