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Article: 'Dead Man's Chest' plunders box office riches
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- July 11, 2006
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Johnny Depp's boozy, woozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow has plundered
the US and Canadian box office, with "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man's Chest" taking in a record US$132 million in its first three
days, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
Disney's swashbuckling sequel sailed past the previous all-time
best debut, 2002's "Spider-Man," which took in US$114.8 million in
its first weekend.
"Dead Man's Chest" also did nearly three times the business of its
predecessor, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl," which took in US$46.6 million over opening weekend in 2003.
The sequel surpassed that total in its first day alone, taking in
US$55.5 million on Friday to beat the ...