'Pirates' sinks but stays on top
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hit an ebb tide in its second weekend but still had enough buoyancy to hold the No. 1 spot at the box office.
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LOS ANGELES  - Talk about booty. Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" tallied first-week sales of 10.5 million units, according to the studio, making it the biggest home video debut of any new release this year.
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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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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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It's way too long and massively convoluted and ultimately just plain silly. But still, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is a lot of fun a lot of the time.
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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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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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Following the  record-breaking success of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead  Man's Chest," Walt Disney Pictures is giving high-priority  status to another potential adventure franchise based on a  Disneyland ride.
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While Buena Vista&#39;s  pirates predictably rode atop the boxoffice&#39;s high seas during  the second weekend of &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: At World&#39;s  End,&quot; there was also room for Universal Pictures&#39; R-rated  comedy &quot;Knocked Up&quot; to establish itself as an upstart hit.
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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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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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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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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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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest sells five million copies during its first day of release.
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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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"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.
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LOS ANGELES  - The bid by "Pirates of   the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" to lead the foreign box office   for a 10th successive weekend ended at nine as Disney   stablemate "Cars" outraced the Johnny Depp smash to the finish   line, according to final data issued Monday.