The Hangover (film series)

The Hangover
Cover art for the DVD box set
Directed by	Todd Phillips
Written by	Jon Lucas (1) Scott Moore (1) Todd Phillips (2–3) (1: uncredited rewriting) Scot Armstrong (2) Craig Mazin (2–3) Jeremy Garelick (1: uncredited rewriting)
Produced by	Todd Phillips Daniel Goldberg
Starring	Bradley Cooper Ed Helms Zach Galifianakis Justin Bartha Ken Jeong Jeffrey Tambor
Cinematography	Lawrence Sher
Edited by	Debra Neil-Fisher
Music by	Christophe Beck
Production companies	Legendary Pictures Green Hat Films BenderSpink
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	2009–2013
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$218 million
Box office	$1.42 billion

The Hangover is a series of American comedy films created by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, and directed by Todd Phillips. All three films follow the misadventures of a quartet of friends (also known as "the Wolfpack") who go on their road trip to attend a bachelor party. While all of the films find three of the four men on a mission to find their missing friend, the first two films focus on the events after the nights of debauchery before a party, respectively in Las Vegas and Bangkok, whereas the third and final film involves a road trip and a kidnapping in lieu of a bachelor party. Each film in the series focuses on how the friends deal with the aftermath of their antics, while they are being humiliated and occasionally physically beaten up at every turn.^[1] All three films were released from 2009 to 2013, and have grossed a collective total of $1.4 billion in the United States and worldwide.