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"Pirates" grosses $58 million in limited release

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-05-26 09:04



LOS ANGELES - "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.

The film, starring Johnny Depp as the woozy pirate Captain Jack Sparrow,
nearly sold out late-night showings at U.S. cinemas on Thursday night for
a total of $17 million.

Overseas, Wednesday and Thursday night showings scored $41.1 million,
Disney said.

The film was released in 52 countries and territories in addition to the
United States and that release widened to 102 countries on Friday.

"At World's End" will be opening in a record 4,362 North American
theatres, about 110 more than "Spider-Man 3" and about 200 more than
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s "Shrek the Third," which set an
opening-weekend record last week for an animated film at $122 million.
The figures come from Media by Numbers, a box office tracking firm.

Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures marketing
and Distribution, said U.S. exit surveys "gave the film among the highest
numbers in Disney's history and placed it well above comparable scores"
for the first two "Pirates" films.












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