"Pirates" propels Disney to $1 billion overseas
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," the foreign box office champ for  the past eight weekends, has helped Walt Disney Co. pass the $1  billion mark overseas for a 12th consecutive year.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million
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"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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Captain Jack Sparrow  took a back seat to that odiferous green ogre internationally  during the weekend as &quot;Shrek the Third&quot; finished No. 1 with an  estimated boxoffice of $46 million from 3,693 screens in 36  markets.
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The Walt Disney Company reported $516 million net income in the quarter ended September 30th, compared to $415 million in the year-ago quarter.
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NEW YORK, June 1  /PRNewswire/ -- USA Network has acquired the cable television rights from Disney*ABC Domestic Television to the record-breaking #1 movie at the global box office, Walt Disney Pictures' PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END.
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Disney teams up with Nintendo for a globally interactive experience.
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&quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: At  World&#39;s End,&quot; the third film in the Walt Disney Co&#39;s  multi-billion franchise, took in $58 million at worldwide box  offices in limited showings before its wider record-breaking  release on Friday, Disney said.
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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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&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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The Walt Disney Co. has sold 125,000 digital copies of films through Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes store in less than a week, generating $1 million, Disney chief executive Robert Iger said Tuesday.
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Walt Disney Co.  said on  Wednesday that first quarter net earnings more than doubled  from a year ago, driven by DVD sales of "Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and "Cars" and by the sale of an  E! Entertainment stake.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest sells five million copies during its first day of release.
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LOS ANGELES  - Scoring a ninth   consecutive weekend as the most popular movie at the foreign   box office, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is   poised to become only the third movie to gross more than $1   billion in global ticket sales.
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Move over Darth Vader. Captain Jack Sparrow is king for a day. Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest&quot; earned &#36;55.5 million on Friday, which would set the record for the largest one-day take at the box office. The previous record was set last year by &quot;Star Wars: Episode III &amp;#151; Revenge of the Sith,&quot; which grossed about &#36;50 million.
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Holiday shoppers in North America snapped up nearly 5 million DVD units of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" in the hit title's first day in release, Walt Disney Co. said on Wednesday.
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The dragon fantasy  "Eragon" sold an estimated $30.3 million worth of tickets  during its first weekend of foreign release, propelling the  youth-slanted adventure to the No. 1 slot overseas.