Latest "Pirates" underperforms previous film
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Johnny Depp sailed to glory at the North American box office on Sunday with his latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, but the family adventure failed to match the performance of its predecessor last year.
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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.
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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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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" lost momentum but remained the No. 1 movie with $44.2 million in its second weekend, raising its domestic haul to $217.5 million.
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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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HONG KONG -- While  Western pirates are a familiar feature of Hollywood movies, Disney is introducing a Chinese sea bandit in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End."
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LOS ANGELES  - This weekend should feature a new crew of boxoffice pirates -- the cool, nattily attired cats of "Ocean's Thirteen."
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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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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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The Pirates of   the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest crew again absconded with the bulk   of the weekend box-office booty, with nearly triple the haul of either   of its closet competitors, the new comedies  Little Man and   You, Me and Dupree.
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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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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," the third film in the Walt Disney Co'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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'Ocean's Twelve' is the rare sequel that improves upon its predecessor.
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Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Hollywood's newest billion-dollar baby, ended its nine-week
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Johnny Depp and his pirate friends pulled in a lot of plunder, but fell far short of a record opening day.
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"Transformers" set a new box-office record after netting $27.4 million from its debut. The previous record was held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", which earned $15.7 million. The movie opened on Tuesday at 4,011 theatres...