`Pirates' opens with &#36;112.5 million
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Box-office treasure is a little harder to come by on the new voyage of "Pirates of the Caribbean." The third installment in the Walt Disney Co. franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," hauled in $112.5 million from Friday to Sunday, well below last summer's $135.6 million opening weekend for its predecessor, "Dead Man's Chest."
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Even before it opened, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" already had one box-office record in hand.
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Audiences anted up for the Warner Bros. caper "Ocean's Thirteen," the third of George Clooney and Brad Pitt's casino-heist romps, which debuted as the top flick with $37.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" led the North American box office for a second weekend, while the pregnancy comedy "Knocked Up" opened at a distant No. 2 with better-than-expected sales.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," the third film in Walt Disney Co.'s lucrative adventure franchise, sold an estimated $57 million of tickets in its first two days of release across North America, the company said on Saturday.
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Johnny Depp&#039;s boozy, woozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow has plundered the box office, with &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest&quot; taking in a record &#36;132 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Media & professional: Disney bid for global appeal with the latest Pirates of the Caribbean; now it is aiming for the biggest single market.
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: At World's End" topped the DVD sales chart during  its first week in stores, while "Superbad" debuted at No. 2,  according to Nielsen VideoScan sales data issued Wednesday.
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" logged a fourth week atop the  foreign box office as its total raced to $305.5 million after a  hefty $55 million weekend from 40 countries.
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TORONTO  - "Pirates of the Caribbean:   Dead Man's Chest," Hollywood's newest billion-dollar baby,   ended its nine-week run atop the foreign box office Sunday,   replaced by another Disney smash, "Cars."
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&quot;Pirates of the  Caribbean: At World&#39;s End&quot; overwhelmed the international box  office for the second consecutive weekend, making off with an  estimated $105.4 million from 103 markets.
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Given the intensity with  which the media scrutinize movie ticket sales, last weekend&#039;s  record &#36;136 million opening of Walt Disney Pictures&#039; &quot;Pirates  of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest&quot; was reported as if it were  manna in a box office desert.
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Three years ago, &#36;654 million smash  hit movie &quot;Pirates of Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl&quot;  handed its Hollywood makers a devil of a dilemma: How the heck  to top it?
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Epic war movie 300 lays claim to a US box office record with an opening weekend take of $70m (Â£36m).
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Johnny Depp sailed to glory at the  North American box office on Sunday with his latest &quot;Pirates of  the Caribbean&quot; movie, but the family adventure failed to match  the performance of its predecessor last year.
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Septemberâs slow box office showed no signs of letting up this weekend. It had been hoped that the opening of âSky Captain and the World of Tomorrowâ would bring audiences to the movies.
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"Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek the Third" may have set opening day box office records this month, but Hollywood thinks the latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie will steal a hefty chunk of the summer movie season's treasure.