'Pirates' passes $300 million overseas
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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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Johnny Depp's drama Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is 2006's top-grossing film in the UK and Ireland.
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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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"Shark Tale," the champ at the North American box office for the past three weekends, thrashed to the finish line overseas last weekend with a &#36;25.4 million haul from 20 countries.
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Who knew a good Keith Richards impression could be so lucrative? &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest,&quot; which earned a record haul of &#36;135.6 million in its opening weekend, is a sequel full of special effects, plot twists and pretty heartthrobs.
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The MPAA estimated that global film piracy costs the US movie industry more than $3 billion annually, but it did not give an estimate for how much online piracy costs the industry.
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LOS ANGELES  - While Buena Vista's pirates predictably rode atop the boxoffice's high seas during the second weekend of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," there was also room for Universal Pictures' R-rated comedy "Knocked Up" to establish itself as an upstart hit.
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ruled the foreign box office for  an eighth weekend, grossing an estimated $17.8 million from 48  territories.
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The swashbuckler epic "Pirates of   the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" has become the third film to   pass $1 billion at the worldwide box office, distributor Walt   Disney Co. said on Saturday.
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&quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: At  World&#39;s End&quot; led the North American box office for a second  weekend, while the pregnancy comedy &quot;Knocked Up&quot; opened at a  distant No. 2 with better-than-expected sales.
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Piracy in China cost film makers &#36;2.7  billion last year, with domestic firms shouldering more than  half those losses, according to a study commissioned by a trade  group representing the major Hollywood studios.
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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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The effects-laden dragon  tale "Eragon" flew high on the back of openings in 76  territories over the weekend, taking in $30.1 million and  ending the four-week reign of "Casino Royale" as the No. 1  choice of the overseas audience.
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"Ocean's Twelve" sailed to the top of the international box office this weekend, and "The Incredibles" flew past &#36;300 million during a busy period that also saw encouraging debuts for "Ray" and "The Aviator."
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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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&quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead  Man&#039;s Chest&quot; raked in a lot of doubloons at North American  theaters over the weekend, grossing a record &#36;132 million in  its first three days, according to studio estimates.
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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.