"Pirates of the Caribbean" weathered competition · 2007-06-12 13:20
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" weathered intensified international competition, but maintained its lead for a third consecutive weekend with an estimated $51.3 million from 103 territories.
After two unthreatened weeks, the Disney tale had to contend with the opening of new domestic champ "Ocean’s Thirteen," which tallied an estimated $28 million from 30 international markets.
Additionally, "Shrek the Third" nabbed an estimated $25 million from 23 markets, of which 14 were new. Its overseas total is $54.5 million.
Another day-and-date arrival was "Surf's Up," Sony's latest animation outing, which generated an estimated $2.1 million from Russia and Ukraine. "Surf’s Up" bowed at No. 4 in North America with estimated sales of $18 million, while "Ocean's Thirteen" topped the domestic box office with $37 million.
Meanwhile, "At World’s End" has rolled up $493.5 million internationally in three weekends, surpassing 2005's "Star Wars: Episode III ??“ Revenge of the Sith" ($493.2 million) to become the 15th-biggest overseas box office smash of all time. It already has exceeded the international tally of 2003's "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" by nearly $140 million, and is shy $149 million of the total take of last year's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
"At World's End" should pass the half-billion-dollar mark internationally by Monday or Tuesday, according to Disney. No other film has reached that benchmark so quickly,
Washington Post informs.
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