Weekend Box Office Report: Pirates Land!

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Monday, July 10, 2006
Source: Box Office Mojo

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST stormed into theaters this past Friday night and boy did it ever leave an impression! When the dust settled, PIRATES had hauled in $55.5 million on Friday alone, a number that gives the film the single-day box office record (previously held by Revenge of the Sith with $50 million).

PIRATES didn't stop there, but instead continued to pull people to theaters as no other movie has since STAR WARS. PIRATES final tally sits at over $132 million for the first three days of it's run, and just about every notable record is notched into it's belt. A huge opening, amazing numbers, multiple records and good reviews; what more could you possibly ask for?

There were other movies playing, and most of them did surprisingly well considering. SUPERMAN RETURNS, however, wasn't one of them. The man of steel fell like a rock to $21.8 million, off 58% from the previous week. The number is probably over-estimated, and all but assures that the film won't finish above $200 million without a major push from the studio to get it there.

DEVIL WEARS PRADA fell a respectable 43% to $15.6 million while CLICK managed even better, falling only 39.8% to $12 million. CARS, however, lapped them both with a drop of only 29%, $10 million for the weekend, and $205 million for it's total gross thus far.

Next week we will see what kind of sea legs these pirates have, until then, go see a movie!


1 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $132,028,000 ($132,028,000)
2 - Superman Returns - $21,850,000 ($141,677,000)
3 - The Devil Wears Prada - $15,600,000 ($63,696,000)
4 - Click - $12,000,000 ($105,921,000)
5 - Cars - $10,330,000 ($205,504,000)
6 - Nacho Libre - $3,339,000 ($73,813,000)
7 - The Lake House - $2,845,000 ($45,621,000)
8 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - $2,484,000 ($57,369,000)
9 - Waist Deep - $1,861,000 ($19,167,000)
10 - The Break-Up - $1,646,000 ($114,304,000)