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"Pirates" treasure mounts to $1 billion worldwide (Reuters)
Source: Reuters Sat Jul 02, 2011, 4:40 pm EDT


LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - Disney on Saturday confirmed that its fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, "On Stranger Tides," has grossed more than $1 billion worldwide since its May 20 release.

The film represents the second top-grossing "Pirates" film, and will now set its target on 2006's "Dead Man's Chest," which took in $1.066 billion worldwide.

At $756.1 million going into the weekend, "On Stranger Tides" is the third biggest international ticket seller of all time among all time, beaten only by James Cameron's "Avatar" ($2.02 billion) and "Titanic" ($1.24 billion).

While domestic box office performance for "Pirates 4" has trailed the three previous films in the franchise, the movie's international performance is nothing short of extraordinary.

Here, thanks to Disney's public relations department, are some fun "On Stranger Tides" fast facts (well, fun if you're a Walt Disney Co. shareholder):

* Eighth film in history to reach the $1 billion threshold.

* Third Disney film in less than 18 months to gross $1 billion globally ("Alice in Wonderland" was the other).

* The Walt Disney Studios' fourth title to earn $1 billion.

* No. 3 film of all time at the international box office.

* Crossed the $500 million international threshold in a record-setting 14 days.

* Crossed the $800 million global threshold in only 20 days, the second fastest ever to reach this milestone.

* Set a new industry speed record by crossing the $700 million global threshold in only 16 days.

* Disney's biggest international release ever.

* The biggest "Pirates of the Caribbean" installment in 58 territories.

* Highest-grossing Disney film ever released in China and Russia.

* Nearing $100 million in Japan, where it's been No. 1 for all six weeks of release.

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*sigh*

I guess that justifies their direction for this crap film. *sigh*. America's response was large but not overwhelming, but worldwide... damn you Russia, China and Japan! *shakes fist menacingly*

 

[spiderman123]

Lol, I would definitely want to see a "Pirates 4"

edit: Concerning the story, I personally have never seen a Pirates of the Caribbean Movie, so I cannot judge.

 

[HammerOfThor]

There are movies that actually deserve it, this is not one of them.

Is there a list of all 8?

 

[brandonh83]

Hopefully this stops people from using box office numbers in any kind of argument, because it was fucking dogshit-- this coming from someone who liked 2 and 3.

 

[MrHicks]

ugh

 

[rekameohs]

And like 3 of them are Pirates movies

 

[AceBandage]

There are movies that actually deserve it, this is not one of them.

Is there a list of all 8?

The other 7.

1 Avatar $2,782,275,172 2009

2 Titanic $1,843,201,268 1997

3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,110,941 2003

4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725 2006

5 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911 2010

6 Alice in Wonderland $1,024,299,801 2010

7 The Dark Knight $1,001,921,825 2008

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

There is no justice in the world.

 

[Peterthumpa]

You got to be fucking kidding me. Johnny Depp is a gold mine.

 

[spiderman123]

Alice In wonderland? Seriously.....I guess Johnny Depp is a huge factor.

 

[Q8D3vil]

wtf

 

[Amir0x]

The other 7.

1 Avatar $2,782,275,172 2009

2 Titanic $1,843,201,268 1997

3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,110,941 2003

4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725 2006

5 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911 2010

6 Alice in Wonderland $1,024,299,801 2010

7 The Dark Knight $1,001,921,825 2008

Damn. And only Return of the King, Dark Knight and Toy Story 3 are great. Titanic is good but definitely one of those 'does not retain classic status in retrospect.'

 

[Bentendo]

Disney has half of the billion sellers.

 

[Snuggles]

Here's to another 4! The first was decent blockbuster shlock but I think I nodded off halfway through the sequel. I guess they aren't intended for people with taste, though, it's about making money and nothing else.

 

[AceBandage]

Yeah, Alice in Wonderland hitting a billion is a travesty. What a shit movie. Especially the ending.

The others are understandable, at least.

 

[entremet]

I was better than the third, but that's not saying much.

 

[Amir0x]

Yeah, Alice in Wonderland hitting a billion is a travesty. What a shit movie. Especially the ending.

The others are understandable, at least.

i disagree. Particularly when garbage like Avatar is #1.

Alice in Wonderland was just...jesus

 

[markot]

Why would people watch the final lotr in the movies after not seeing the first 2 >.<

 

[Peterthumpa]

I was less worse than the third, but that's not saying much.

Fixed.

 

[Bentendo]

Why would people watch the final lotr in the movies after not seeing the first 2 >.<

DVD

 

[Peterthumpa]

i disagree. Particularly when garbage like Avatar is #1.

Alice in Wonderland was just...jesus

No, Avatar is kinda understandable 'cause that's when 3D movies became "mainstream", and liking it or not, it's still one of the best movies to showcase the tech.

 

[AceBandage]

i disagree. Particularly when garbage like Avatar is #1.

Alice in Wonderland was just...jesus

Avatar, while not the best movie, was at least watchable. And it also had a GIGANTIC marketing push world wide and was basically the only movie that really pushed people to see it in 3D (which also helped it achieve a higher gross, thanks to tickets being more expensive).

 

[Snuggles]

Alice in Wonderland was just...jesus

What a terrible movie. I tried my hardest to avoid it until a friend insisted that I watched it with him. Goddamn, not even a gram or so of pot could make that movie entertaining.

Tim Burton should be locked up.

 

[Amir0x]

No, Avatar is kinda understandable 'cause that's when 3D movies became "mainstream", and liking it or not, it's still one of the best movies to showcase the tech.

yeah except for the 3D becoming mainstream part since 3D is bombing everywhere pretty much

Avatar is just schlocky special effects extravaganza with no regard for storytelling or writing. It's a shameful film that demonstrates that sometimes audiences really just want to be hypnotized with special effects, quality of the movie itself be damned.

Which really comes around to point with Pirates doing the same. Sometimes people just want schmaltzy special effects garbage

 

[spiderman123]

What a terrible movie. I tried my hardest to avoid it until a friend insisted that I watched it with him. Goddamn, not even a gram or so of pot could make that movie entertaining.

Tim Burton should be locked up.

Tim Burton should stop asking JD to star in all his movies....

 

[woodchuck]

daaaamn so Depp is in 3/8

 

[markot]

No, Avatar is kinda understandable 'cause that's when 3D movies became "mainstream", and liking it or not, it's still one of the best movies to showcase the tech.

Pretty awful first big '3d' movie. Colour got Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz...

 

[Amir0x]

What a terrible movie. I tried my hardest to avoid it until a friend insisted that I watched it with him. Goddamn, not even a gram or so of pot could make that movie entertaining.

Tim Burton should be locked up.

A lot of times people say a director "dials in" a film and I sort of roll my eyes because what does that really mean most of the time? it just means that to the person who thinks that, the director didn't have his heart in it.

But for Alice in Wonderland... Tim Burton dialed it in. He injected some of his prototypical stylistic hot topic flair and then called it a day

 

[RS4-]

BO numbers are just as great as those neilsen ratings

 

[spiderman123]

Well at least Tron didn't make it.

 

[brandonh83]

But for Alice in Wonderland... Tim Burton dialed it in. He injected some of his prototypical stylistic hot topic flair and then called it a day

It was really bad and then that stupid dance number happened and then the bad was multiplied by 100, then was divided by zero, destroying your soul.

 

[AceBandage]

Well at least Tron didn't make it.

Tron 2 didn't even make the top 50.

However, the last 3 Shrek movies did. Makes you shudder, huh?

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

Fucking shameful Alice in Wonderland made a billion. Almost as bad as Transformers: ROTF making 400 mil domestically.

 

[Peterthumpa]

yeah except for the 3D becoming mainstream part since 3D is bombing everywhere pretty much

Avatar is just schlocky special effects extravaganza with no regard for storytelling or writing. It's a shameful film that demonstrates that sometimes audiences really just want to be hypnotized with special effects, quality of the movie itself be damned.

Which really comes around to point with Pirates doing the same. Sometimes people just want schmaltzy special effects garbage

Care to give me some more info about that?

Anyway, when the movie launched the marketing push as already said by AceBandage was ridiculous, so the 3D glasses could smell shit and people would still watch it.

As for Pirates 4, I don't think that special effects are the responsible. That's true for Transformers movies. For Pirates though, Johnny Depp is the solo reason why those movies make buck loads of money. Take him out, franchise dead.

 

[spiderman123]

Tron 2 didn't even make the top 50.

Which confuses me because people should be able to recognize shitty movies but again I guess having Johnny Depp in your movies sells regardless of plot...

 

[Iceman]

Tim Burton should stop asking JD to star in all his movies....

sarcastic? the lesson here is that johnny depp can help earn you a billion dollars.

..and why is tron legacy being mentioned? another Disney high cost/high risk venture?

 

[C.Dark.DN]

The Alice in Wonderland anomaly needs a pair.

Oh, beaten.

I haven't see on Stranger Tides. Prob would like it.

 

[mjc]

Return of the King at #3....feels good. Insane that Depp is in so many of these cash cows.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

6 Alice in Wonderland $1,024,299,801 2010

...WHAT THE FUCK.

 

[Veidt]

...WHAT THE FUCK.

A children's film, riding off of the 3D steam left behind by Avatar. Not really surprsing.

 

[AceBandage]

sarcastic? the lesson here is that johnny depp can help earn you a billion dollars.

..and why is tron legacy being mentioned? another Disney high cost/high risk venture?

Yeah, Tron 2 cost like 300 million to make or something insane like that.

Also, top 50 for more rage:

1 Avatar $2,782,275,172 2009

2 Titanic $1,843,201,268 1997

3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,110,941 2003

4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725 2006

5 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911 2010

6 Alice in Wonderland $1,024,299,801 2010

7 The Dark Knight $1,001,921,825 2008

8 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $994,076,000 2011

9 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone $974,733,550 2001

10 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $963,420,425 2007

11 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $954,501,070 2010

12 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $938,212,738 2007

13 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $933,959,197 2009

14 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $925,282,504 2002

15 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace $924,317,558 1999

16 Shrek 2 $919,838,758 2004

17 Jurassic Park $914,691,118 1993

18 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $895,921,036 2005

19 Spider-Man 3 $890,871,626 2007

20 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $886,686,817 2009

21 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $878,643,482 2002

22 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $870,761,744 2001

23 Finding Nemo $867,893,978 2003

24 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith $848,754,768 2005

25 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $836,297,228 2009

26 Inception $823,576,195 2010

27 Spider-Man $821,708,551 2002

28 Independence Day $817,400,891 1996

29 Shrek the Third $798,958,162 2007

30 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban $795,634,070 2004

31 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $792,910,554 1982

32 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $786,636,033 2008

33 The Lion King $783,841,776 1994

34 Spider-Man 2 $783,766,341 2004

35 Star Wars $775,398,007 1977

36 2012 $769,304,749 2009

37 The Da Vinci Code $758,239,851 2006

38 Shrek Forever After $752,600,867 2010

39 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $745,011,272 2005

40 The Matrix Reloaded $742,128,461 2003

41 Up $731,342,744 2009

42 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $709,711,008 2009

43 Transformers $709,709,780 2007

44 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $698,491,347 2010

45 Forrest Gump $677,387,716 1994

46 The Sixth Sense $672,806,292 1999

47 Ice Age: The Meltdown $655,388,158 2006

48 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $654,264,015 2003

49 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones $649,398,328 2002

50 Kung Fu Panda $631,744,560 2008

 

[Goro Majima]

Honestly, Alice in Wonderland and the two Ice Age movies are the only ones that I'm genuinely confused by because I don't remember them being that big of a deal.

edit: Didn't see 2012 initially. Yeah that's a weird one.

 

[AceBandage]

Honestly, Alice in Wonderland and the two Ice Age movies are the only ones that I'm genuinely confused by because I don't remember them being that big of a deal.

All of them had two things going for them.

1. Part of an established series. (The two Ice Age movies in that list are the sequels to the original).
2. Huge kid appeal.

 

[methodman]

The Hobbit will be a billion dollar film. No doubt in my mind; same with The Dark Knight Rises

 

[Exterminieren]

Prisoner of Azkaban the lowest grossing Potter movie? That isn't fair.

Damn, Depp has the box office Midas touch.

 

[yacobod]

pirates movies must be huge overseas because i thought it was something of a disappointment here in the states, and wasn't the movie critically panned. most ppl i know who seen it said it was awful.

 

[Kusagari]

pirates movies must be huge overseas because i thought it was something of a disappointment here in the states, and wasn't the movie critically panned. most ppl i know who seen it said it was awful.

It was a disappointment here but it became the biggest one in overseas gross. I think it does so well because of Depp and because it's very 'un-American' for a Hollywood film. The films have more of an obvious worldwide tilt.

 

[mr. puppy]

holy crap i did not realize johnny depp had two movies that have made of a billion, thats ridiculous.

 

[Lonely1]

i disagree. Particularly when garbage like Avatar is #1.

Alice in Wonderland was just...jesus

I can see the Appeal in something like Avatar (cliche, but proven story, 3D hype, etc). But Alice? Crap all around.

 

[AceBandage]

holy crap i did not realize johnny depp had two movies that have made of a billion, thats ridiculous.

3, technically.
Two Pirates movies and Alice in Wonderland.