And? That's only 150 people (now it's 53% if you want to get picky). It's 7.9 percent on IMDB which is 1,412 people. I heard only praise coming out of the movie theater. On the message boards I visit the vast majority seem to atleast like it.

Now maybe those 150 critics fully represent the rest of the country, but right now it does not seem like that. We will find out next weekend.

I'm really not all that surprised about the huge numbers on POTC. This was the most talked about movie for the past 2 weeks. Most of the people I know have made plans to go see it this weekend or next weekend regardles of age or sex. I even know one person on my clinical rotation who brought in pirate gear for the staff to wear.

$132m for Pirates, according to Yahoo! Movies...

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" set a new record for the highest opening in box office history on Sunday, smashing the four-year-old record held by "Spider-Man," said distributor Walt Disney Co.

The widely hyped family adventure sequel, marking the return of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, sold an estimated $132 million worth of tickets in its first three days of release across North America, easily surpassing industry expectations of an opening in the $100 million range.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/va/2006...Xi0KA9V61fVXcA

wow.

$132 million. Unreal.

Anyone else think this will be the top grossing film of 2006 by next week Sunday?

Full numbers from boxofficemojo:

1 N Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $132,028,000 - 4,133 - $31,944 $132,028,000 $225 1
2 1 Superman Returns WB $21,850,000 -58.4% 4,065 - $5,375 $141,677,000 $260 2
3 2 The Devil Wears Prada Fox $15,600,000 -43.3% 2,882 +35 $5,412 $63,696,000 $35 2
4 3 Click SonR $12,000,000 -39.8% 3,458 -306 $3,470 $105,921,000 $82.50 3
5 4 Cars BV $10,330,000 -29.1% 3,379 -327 $3,057 $205,504,000 $120 5
6 5 Nacho Libre Par. $3,339,000 -49.4% 2,262 -820 $1,476 $73,813,000 $35 4
7 6 The Lake House WB $2,845,000 -40.9% 2,420 -225 $1,175 $45,621,000 - 4
8 7 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Uni. $2,484,000 -44.6% 1,868 -802 $1,329 $57,369,000 - 4
9 8 Waist Deep Rog. $1,861,000 -45.8% 864 -142 $2,153 $19,167,000 - 3
10 9 The Break-Up Uni. $1,646,000 -45.0% 1,180 -731 $1,394 $114,304,000 $52 6
11 10 The Da Vinci Code Sony $1,400,000 -42.3% 1,012 -372 $1,383 $213,289,000 $125 8
12 13 An Inconvenient Truth ParC $1,161,000 -31.3% 562 -25 $2,065 $15,039,000 - 7
13 12 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Fox $900,000 -58.4% 1,288 -862 $698 $24,627,000 - 4
14 14 A Prairie Home Companion PicH $883,000 -37.9% 653 -64 $1,352 $16,858,000 - 5
15 11 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $875,000 -60.4% 832 -726 $1,051 $231,288,000 $210 7
16 15 Over the Hedge DW $668,000 -47.0% 758 -450 $881 $149,750,000 - 8
17 N A Scanner Darkly WIP $406,000 - 17 - $23,882 $406,000 - 1

I think it will definitely pass X3 after next weekend.

Assuming the projections hold, POTC 2 has the #1 and #5 highest single day grosses ever. It also becomes the fastest to $100 million in only 2 days. Its 2 day total is $100.2 million, so that Saturday number may be overestimated. But still, that's incredible.

Superman took a bigger dip, but it still did well in my eyes. POTC 2 was after the exact same audience and it broke 3 different records this weekend, so SR's $21 million is still a decent hold.

So I guess Disney's demise in the Motion Picture buisness continues with flops such as Cars and Pirates I see...

I still believe Spider-Man 3 will break this 3-day record. It's opening is May 4 on a Friday and I gotta think the hype for it will be higher than for POTC2. Especially with what parts 1 and 2 grossed during their runs.

If it doesn't break $132 million, then that record might hang around for awhile.

Glad to hear it. Well deserved in my opinion. Great summer flick. I myself would definitley see it again, and I think many others may the same. Won't be Titanic huge... but I could see it hitting at least 300mil... probably 400.

Either Spidey 3, POTC3, or the Batman sequel will break it's record, IMO.

Yep, just got back from a packed showing and we loved it. Not sure if can hit $400m, but I would say $350m is almost a lock.

The only one of these I can see happening is POTC3. Pirates has crossover appeal far beyond that of any of the others listed. My mom wouldn't go see Spiderman or Batman, but she was there opening day for Pirates. Same with just about everybody's families, it seems. (note: I'm not saying they won't do huge business, but I think the record will stand for a bit).

Wow!

Based on Batman Begins box office take, I don't see it having a prayer of of even making 100 million, much less 132+ million. Spidey 3 I can see, but I somehow doubt it.

No way does Spiderman 3 break the record. I think the Spidey hype has kind of worn down, not to mention there were people(not me, I thought the 2nd was better than the first) who didn't like Spiderman 2.

I'm curious to see how it does during the week and how much of a drop it takes next weekend. I think it is almost a lock that it does $350mil overall.

I still think $132M is a low estimate. I'd expect closer to 37-40M today.

Spidey 3 has a few things going for it. That teaser has people buzzing about the movie. It kicks off the Summer season next year. It'll be bigger than the previous 2. And it'll have been 3 years since he's been on the big screen, which could help the buildup.

The first 2 has been hugely successful. And you know Sony will try their hardest to get their record back.

while i didn't really care for POTC2, the good news is that it has in 3 days grossed just as much as tom cruise has for the whole summer.

You can say that again.

I thought given the somewhat mediocre reviews it would make around US$94 to US$100 million, but NOT US$132 million. That is just incredible.

You beat me to it! I was just gonna mention that... amazing.

So much for Aquaman's record.

Another thing that Spiderman 3 has going against it breaking the new Pirates record is how many 3rd films in a franchise have made more money than the previous 2? I'm sure not many.

Goldmember and Return of the King off the top of my head.