SorcererMickey
July 7th, 2006, 23:51
...was awesome!!! :hyper:
Just came back from watching it and it really is incredible, the special effects, the story going deeper into the relationships, whao!, it's great.
Everybody knows, so I'm not really spoiling it by saying that it ends in a cliffhanger, to roll right into the third movie...
P.S.
STAY UNTIL THE END OF THE CREDITS!!!
:ears: :ears: :ears:
'Pirates' sets record for biggest opening
Updated 7/10/2006 1:56 PM ET
By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest surpassed virtually every box-office debut achievement on record this weekend, capturing the biggest opening in movie history.
The Johnny Depp adventure took in a staggering $132 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Nielsen EDI.
The debut easily shatters the record held by 2002's Spider-Man, which opened to $114.8 million.
The milestones didn't stop there. The sequel to the 2003 smash became the first film to rake in $100 million in two days. It did $55.5 million on Friday, the biggest single-day haul for any movie, eclipsing Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which did $50 million in one day last year.
"They're mind-blowing numbers," says Chuck Viane, distribution chief for Disney, which released Pirates. "We knew it would be a big movie, but I don't think anyone knew it was going to be part of a pirate-chic phenomenon. That's what really helped make it huge."
The film arrived riding a crest of pirate mania. Retailers are selling everything from T-shirts to dinner plates emblazoned with skulls and crossbones. Disneyland's theme park ride reopened Monday with 4,500 people waiting 31/2 hours in line to see the new animatronic versions of Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey Rush's pirate Barbossa.
"It's still a relatively new film franchise, but Jack Sparrow is already an icon for a young generation," says Chad Hartigan, a box-office analyst for Reelsource. "He has an appeal we haven't seen in the movies for some time."
Depp initially mortified Disney executives with his decision to play Sparrow as a loopy, smirking and sometimes effeminate pirate.
But after the first film sailed to $305 million, those executives asked him to ham it up even more for this movie and the third installment, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, due May 25.
"You have to give all the credit in the world to Johnny," Viane says. "He's created a character people want to dress like, be like. They can't get enough of him."
Even competing studios had to tip their hats to the film, which helped drive ticket sales for the top 12 movies 50% over the same weekend last year.
"Kudos to Disney," says Rory Bruer, distribution chief for Sony Pictures, which released Spider-Man. "This is the kind of thing that gets people excited about going to the movies."
Superman Returns dropped a sizable 58% for second place and $21.9 million; The Devil Wears Prada was third with $15.6 million, down 43%. Click was fourth with $12 million, and Cars crossed the $200 million mark with $10.3 million. Final figures are due Monday.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-07-09-box-office-analysis_x.htm
Just came back from watching it and it really is incredible, the special effects, the story going deeper into the relationships, whao!, it's great.
Everybody knows, so I'm not really spoiling it by saying that it ends in a cliffhanger, to roll right into the third movie...
P.S.
STAY UNTIL THE END OF THE CREDITS!!!
:ears: :ears: :ears:
'Pirates' sets record for biggest opening
Updated 7/10/2006 1:56 PM ET
By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest surpassed virtually every box-office debut achievement on record this weekend, capturing the biggest opening in movie history.
The Johnny Depp adventure took in a staggering $132 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Nielsen EDI.
The debut easily shatters the record held by 2002's Spider-Man, which opened to $114.8 million.
The milestones didn't stop there. The sequel to the 2003 smash became the first film to rake in $100 million in two days. It did $55.5 million on Friday, the biggest single-day haul for any movie, eclipsing Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which did $50 million in one day last year.
"They're mind-blowing numbers," says Chuck Viane, distribution chief for Disney, which released Pirates. "We knew it would be a big movie, but I don't think anyone knew it was going to be part of a pirate-chic phenomenon. That's what really helped make it huge."
The film arrived riding a crest of pirate mania. Retailers are selling everything from T-shirts to dinner plates emblazoned with skulls and crossbones. Disneyland's theme park ride reopened Monday with 4,500 people waiting 31/2 hours in line to see the new animatronic versions of Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey Rush's pirate Barbossa.
"It's still a relatively new film franchise, but Jack Sparrow is already an icon for a young generation," says Chad Hartigan, a box-office analyst for Reelsource. "He has an appeal we haven't seen in the movies for some time."
Depp initially mortified Disney executives with his decision to play Sparrow as a loopy, smirking and sometimes effeminate pirate.
But after the first film sailed to $305 million, those executives asked him to ham it up even more for this movie and the third installment, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, due May 25.
"You have to give all the credit in the world to Johnny," Viane says. "He's created a character people want to dress like, be like. They can't get enough of him."
Even competing studios had to tip their hats to the film, which helped drive ticket sales for the top 12 movies 50% over the same weekend last year.
"Kudos to Disney," says Rory Bruer, distribution chief for Sony Pictures, which released Spider-Man. "This is the kind of thing that gets people excited about going to the movies."
Superman Returns dropped a sizable 58% for second place and $21.9 million; The Devil Wears Prada was third with $15.6 million, down 43%. Click was fourth with $12 million, and Cars crossed the $200 million mark with $10.3 million. Final figures are due Monday.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-07-09-box-office-analysis_x.htm