The picture is becoming a bit clearer on how Pirates of the Caribbean might fare over the four-day weekend now that we have rough Saturday numbers. Unfortunately, the $37.7 being estimated for Saturday by Showbiz Data. That's a 13% drop from Friday, showing that it's not holding up its business over the weekend even compared to Dead Man's Chest which made $44.4 million on its second day. With that in mind, At World's End will probably end up with less than $120 million over the three-day weekend (Box Office Mojo has it at $112.5 million) and less than $140 million for the four-day weekend.
While it will still set a new Memorial Day record, beating last year's X-Men: The Last Stand, it's doubtful it will make it into the top 3 opening weekends as it's likely to end up behind Shrek the Third in that respect. With Thursday previews, it will end up with roughly $150 million in its first five days, which is nothing to scoff at, though it will be hard for it to attain the amount of money of its predecessor with that soft an opening.
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HA! Although I agree 150 million is no joke, I knew the third one wouldn't do as well the second. Why? Because I know I'm not the only one who is as excited to see the third movie as the rest of the Pirates fanatics.
Now I'll pray it doesn't make as much money as the second:)
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May 27, 2007 6:37 PM
Yeah, I originally didn't think it would fare as well over the three-day with the Thursday openings but I got sucked into the hype. Either way, I would have always expected over $120 million over the three-day and more than $150 million in four days, so it's surprising that the Thursday opening hurt the weekend so much.
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May 28, 2007 1:01 PM