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Article: The buccaneers won't stop here.(Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)(movie industry)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- August 21, 2006
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The buccaneers haven't worn out their overseas welcome yet: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" easily won its seventh straight weekend with a healthy $25.5 million at 6,222 playdates in 51 markets.
Even with no new openings and a 42% decline from the previous frame, BVI's "Dead Man's Chest" nearly matched the combined grosses of the next three films--UIP's "Miami Vice," Fox's "Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties" and Warner's "Superman Returns."
Seventh victory, tying the record set by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" in 2003, drove sequel's foreign cume to $522.7 million and the worldwide total to $923.8 million--sixth place on the list ...