Tuesday, May 24, 2011

"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" Now The Highest Grossing Film of All Time

As I seldom watch movies nowaday I have to make sure I will be able to watch this one since I watched twice "Titanic" the previous holder of the highest grossing film of all-time.  "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", Walt Disney's fourth installment ofthe Pirates series and its first in 3D raked a whopping $346.4 million in ticket sales from its first week in worldwide release and set a record as the biggest film debut ever outside North America.

Earlier we posted here that Two Pinoys, Michael Rosales and Daphne Joy Star in this box-office movie [Click here to Read More about them].


"On Stranger Tides" dug up $90.1 million box-office sales from Friday through Sunday in the United States and Canada alone. Adding up an additional $256.3 million in overseas receipts, the latest "Pirates" adventure surpasses 2009's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" as the highest-grossing international movieopening of all time, Disney said.

With the arrival of "On Stranger Tides," the entire franchise has now amassed over $3 billion in theatrical receipts collectively worldwide, Disney said.

The newest "Pirates" adventure pairs returning star Johnny Depp in his signature role as Captain Jack Sparrow with Oscar winner Penelope Cruz, a newcomer to the franchise. The film also co-stars another Academy Award winner and "Pirates" veteran, Geoffrey Rush, along with Ian McShane making his first appearance as Blackbeard.

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