Pirates Close to Crossing the $1B Mark

[TrailerCues]

Walt Disney Pictures' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has reached $991.9 million worldwide & added another $11.8 million from 6,681 screens in 49 territories overseas this weekend to push its massive international total to $579.1 million, and to $991.9 million worldwide.

"Dead Man's Chest" has surpassed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ($976.5 million) and climbed to the third spot on the all-time worldwide blockbuster list.

Buena Vista International predicts that the sequel will cross the $1 billion mark in global ticket sales by next weekend. The movie will join 1997's Titanic ($1.85 billion) and 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1.12 billion) as the only three films in industry history to break the $1 billion box office barrier.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, the third installment, hits theaters on May 25, 2007.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=16323

 

[The Kid]

Arrgh, matey. that's a lot of booty.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Amazing in itself, and it makes you realise just how incredibly popular Titanic was. Titanic made almost $2 billion. Unbelievable.

 

[TrailerCues]

Who ever thought that a Movie based on a Disney Ride would make this much

 

[Avalanche]

Amazing in itself, and it makes you realise just how incredibly popular Titanic was. Titanic made almost $2 billion. Unbelievable.

And that was many years ago. With todays ticket prices, that could be pushed up even further.

 

[Mr. Credible]

completely undeserved.

bah... bah, i say!

 

[Sava]

Amazing in itself, and it makes you realise just how incredibly popular Titanic was. Titanic made almost $2 billion. Unbelievable.

lol... and the way Titanic opened, that will never happen again.

 

[Gamma Ray]

Ridiculous! It wasn't even that good!

 

[Fried Gold]

EDIT: Thw power of file and save as!

 

[Agentsands77]

I'm amazed DEAD MAN'S CHEST is doing quite so well, especially when it resulted in a pretty mixed response. Just goes to show that people love Jack Sparrow.

 

[The Kid]

People love the escape from reality, globe trotting adventure, the imaginative fantasy world, Keira Knightly, and the comedy. That's my view of it.

"But I wonder Sparrow. Can you live with this? Can you condemn an innocent man, a friend to a lifetime of servitude in your name while you roam free?"

"Yep. I'm good with it."

Drink up, me earties... Yo ho.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

If anything crossed the $1b mark, it should have been DragonHeart.

Who wouldn't pay $1b to see it?

 

[JackBauer]

Ridiculous! It wasn't even that good!

same could be said for Titanic.

 

[Mee]

Who ever thought that a Movie based on a Disney Ride would make this much

Who would've thought a movie everyone knew the ending to would make double.

 

[The Kid]

Don't let go, Jack.

Maybe the name Jack = biLLIONS.

 

[JackBauer]

Don't let go, Jack.

Maybe the name Jack = biLLIONS.

I wish

 

[November Rain]

If anything crossed the $1b mark, it should have been DragonHeart.

Who wouldn't pay $1b to see it?

i hate when people are talking about fully cgi characters, they always forget the awesomeness that is drago.

i hate how those stupid jurassic park dinosaurs always get the credit, bah

 

[November Rain]

Who would've thought a movie everyone new the ending to would make double.

how come people knew the ending to it?

 

[lordofthenerds]

This movie deserves half of what it got, but I don't really care since its good for the box office.

 

[Galactus]

And that was many years ago. With todays ticket prices, that could be pushed up even further.

Yeah, in North America alone it would have done over $840 million with the ticket price of today. It sold over 120 million tickets, while POTC 2 have sold about half of that. Even if a movie someday might make more money than Titanic I doubt we will ever see a movie that joins the exclusive 100+ million tickets club.

But POTC 2's numbers are still impressive, when you consider the first one made something between 600 and 700 million worldwide. It's a little like Shrek 2 all over again

 

[Mee]

how come people knew the ending to it?

Because everyone knew the Titanic was gonna sink, cause it was based on a true events.

 

[The Kid]

I wish

aye, matey, aye...

 

[November Rain]

Because everyone knew the Titanic was gonna sink, cause it was based on a true events.

oh, i thought you were still talking about pirates, my bad...

 

[batman7289]

great
thats unbelieveable

 

[Retroman]

Its crazy money. Wonder what POTC 3 will make?