`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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The Colin Farell film opens with a measly $21.6 million at sixth spot.
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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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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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Hollywood's box office record books have been transformed. The sci-fi adventure "Transformers" had an unprecedented Tuesday haul of $27.4 million in its official debut, beating a record of $15.7 million set last year by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
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Ocean&#39;s Twelve scored another major heist this weekend, taking No. 1 at the box office with a strong $40.9 million opening. (Related chart: See the weekend&#39;s top 10 films).
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Action flick "National Treasure" remained a box-office gem, taking in &#36;17 million to stay on top of the box-office chart for the third weekend in a row.
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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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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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All the protests and all the bad  reviews could not prevent &quot;The Da Vinci Code&quot; from recording a  &#36;224 million worldwide opening, the second-biggest debut ever  at the global box office, its distributor said on Sunday.
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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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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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Opening week takings of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End surpass those of Spiderman 3 in China, despite the film being censored.
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Nicolas Cage's treasure hunt soaked up more box-office cash than a cartoon sponge. Cage's "National Treasure" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with &#36;35.3 million, coming in just ahead of "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie," which opened in second with &#36;33.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The pirates' booty keeps piling up at a record pace.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hauled in $142.1 million to commandeer the record for best Memorial Day weekend debut, capping a huge month that puts Hollywood on track for record summer business.
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LOS ANGELES  - "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" weathered intensified international competition, but maintained its lead for a third consecutive weekend with an estimated $51.3 million from 103 territories.