Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Box office smash

The latest Pirates of the Carribean movie is doing extremely well, both in the United States itself, as well as the rest of the world.

On Stranger Tides has earned an estimated $163,967,000 in the United States and Canada, as of May 30, 2011, and an estimated $485,100,000 in other territories, as of May 30, 2011, for a worldwide total of $649.1 million. It scored the third-largest opening weekend of all time worldwide ($350.6 million), behind that of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million) and Spider-Man 3 ($381.6 million). It was also slightly ahead of the global opening of At World's End ($344 million), to mark the franchise's largest worldwide debut. It also scored the largest worldwide debut of all time at IMAX theaters ($16.7 million) with a big $61,000 per theater average. It reached $400 million in less than a week in release, which is the fastest time for a 2011 movie. It crossed the $500-million-mark at the worldwide box office in 10 days of release and the $600-million-mark in 12 days. Both accomplishments matched the records for speed that were first set by At World's End in 2007. On the weekend of May 27-29, 2011, On Stranger Tides surpassed Fast Five to become the highest-grossing film of 2011 worldwide, and the 49th highest grossing film of all time.

Disney must be thrilled!

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