A raunchy summer time

"half an hour or Less" It has been a hot summer time for raunch in the box office, a minimum of until lately. With six R-ranked comedies getting preceeded it on screens this summer time, Sony's "half an hour or Less" is all of the the studios' louche laffers for that season, although it hardly introduced the home lower. Warner Bros.' "The Hangover Part II" leads those, with $253.8 million locally, then Universal's B.O. surprise "Bridesmaids, with $166.8 million. The summer's crop of eight R-ranked comedies (such as the Weinstein Co.'s "Our Idiot Brother" ) may be the biggest associated with a summer time since PG-13 rankings were introduced back in 1984. The "Hangover" follow up were built with a considerable edge on the summer's other R-ranked comedies, following a first installment's massive recognition. But "Hangover II" also outgrossed the domestic total of popular family action franchise title, "Pirates from the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" ($239.3 million). The genre improbably has outperformed other family and action game titles: "Bridesmaids" out-gained "Kung Fu Panda 2" ($163.a million), while Warner's "Horrible Bosses," with $110 million locally, should exceed the studio's "Eco-friendly Lantern," ($114.six million). One of the remaining three choices, Sony's "Bad Teacher," which released June 24, has been doing extremely well, grossing $97.9 million through Sunday, while more recent records "Buddies With Benefits" and "Change-Up" have to date collected $53 million and $28.5 million, correspondingly. It's difficult as to whether the later two R-ranked comedies are losing ground since several had already opened up this year, or because galleries unveil their most promising game titles earlier. The Weinstein Co.'s Sundance pickup "Our Idiot Brother," starring Paul Rudd, launches countrywide the weekend of August. 26. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com