# Why isn't The Hangover at my local Redbox?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 14, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-hangover-at-my-local-redbox/585375 "2011-06-14T00:32:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-hangover-at-my-local-redbox/585375/1 "2011-06-14T00:32:44Z")

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My gf keeps telling me about how hilarious the original Hangover was, and, having seen II, I definitely want to see I.  
Of course, II wasn’t worth the 15 bucks, to me, that a disc of the original would cost, so I was going to rent HI from my Redbox. All over town, I have checked, and not only is it not in, but, the "rented’ icon isn’t on the screen, indicating they don’t have it.

Does anybody here know why not? I mean, even, uh, I forgot the name for the movie with the blue tiger woman, and the unobtanium, etc…but, Redbox had it out about 4 months later…so, why not the Hangover?

Thanks,  
hh

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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-hangover-at-my-local-redbox/585375/2 "2011-06-14T00:40:41Z")

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Doesn’t Redbox mostly stock recent releases? (The Hangover came out on DVD a year and a half ago.)

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-hangover-at-my-local-redbox/585375/3 "2011-06-14T02:01:00Z")

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> [@zombywoof](#):
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> Doesn’t Redbox mostly stock recent releases? (The Hangover came out on DVD a year and a half ago.)

Well, mostly, but, they have had some \*\*old \*\*\*\*crap \*\*(Michael Douglas’ “Don’t Say a Word”) etc…and I have been looking at least since December.

Thanks,  
hh

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-hangover-at-my-local-redbox/585375/4 "2011-06-14T03:19:41Z")

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Yeah, they don’t really keep movies that old usually. That box can only hold so many movies.

For future reference, you can search movies at [redbox.com](http://redbox.com). It’ll show you the boxes in your area that have the movie.

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-hangover-at-my-local-redbox/585375/5 "2011-06-14T13:04:28Z")

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Netflix has a 30-day free trial offer, so you could sign up to watch a few DVDs and then cancel, if that works for you.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-hangover-at-my-local-redbox/585375/6 "2011-06-14T13:08:32Z")

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Or set up a Redbox account so you can easily search every Redbox in your city without having to leave your living room.