Pirates of the Box Office

Was anyone else completely shocked this morning to hear that Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest had the largest box office opening in history?!? As much as I loved the first movie, who would have thought that a second installment would have such success, brining in $132 million in its first three days? The movie opening shattered the previous record of $114.8 million held by Spider-Man. What great news for the movie industry!

The record statistics did not end there. The sequel was also the first to bring in more than $100 million in its first two days. On its opening day of Friday, July 7th, it brought in $55.5 million, the largest single-day money maker for any movie, blowing Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith out of the water!

After hearing mixed reviews from critics last week stating things like the film was too long at two and a half hours, the actors were not giving their best performances, etc. I knew that I still wanted to see the movie but thought I would just wait for it to hit the local Blockbuster. However, after hearing such rave reviews from colleagues and others today, I am looking forward to joining the masses and hitting the theatres.

From the way the plot ends in this second installment and with the likes of Keith Richards already signed up for the third movie in this trilogy, I cannot wait to see what happens when it is released on May 25!