Disney’s Pirates Breaks Box Office Records

BURBANK, May 29: Walt Disney Pictures' Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World's End, from Jerry
Bruckheimer Films, had the biggest opening in movie industry history over the
weekend, taking in $401 million in its first six days of release.

The take surpasses that of Sony’s Spider-Man 3, which took in $382 million earlier this month.

In the U.S., the film took in $142 million from Thursday
through yesterday. A further $245 million came in from the international market.
The film had record-breaking openings (figures are through Sunday) in Korea
($18.4 million), Japan ($15.9 million), Russia ($13.7 million), Spain ($11.6
million), Taiwan ($4.5 million) and the Netherlands ($2.8 million). It also set
new Walt Disney Studio records in the U.K. ($26.6 million), France ($17.7
million), Germany ($16.8 million) and Australia ($9.9 million).