Disney's 'Pirates' Rule the Global Box Office With Biggest Opening of All Time; Film's Unprecedented Booty Of $401 Million
Submitted by Publisher on Mon, 05/28/2007 - 16:02.
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Walt Disney Pictures' epic adventure, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," from Jerry Bruckheimer Films, landed in the global box office record books and laid claim to the biggest opening in industry history, with an unprecedented gross of $401,000,000 in its first six days of release, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Marketing and Distribution.
05/28/2007 - 15:00
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This figure surpasses the previous record of $382 million set by the six-day opening of "Spiderman 3" earlier this year. "Pirates" continues to please audiences around the world with exceptionally strong exit polls.
Domestically, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" raised its weekend estimate to $156 million (including Thursday night showings). The film set a new record for the four-day Memorial Day Weekend with its gross of $142 million (including Monday estimates), surpassing the previous high of $122.8 million set by "X-Men: The Last Stand" in 2006.
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