Pirates Reaches $1 Billion in Worldwide Box-office Receipts

Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest should join Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King today as the only movies ever released to top $1 billion in worldwide grosses, according to Variety.

The "Pirates" sequel has been out of the domestic top 10 for the past two weekends, but still managed to bring in $4.9 million during the Labor Day weekend to lift the North American box-office gross past $414 million -- the sixth-highest on the all-time list.

It is mainly recent foreign biz that's pushed "Dead Man's Chest" over the 10-figure mark. The film has remained dominant internationally with a nine-weekend winning streak and, as of Tuesday, had totaled around $583 million outside of the U.S.

There's no chance for "Dead Man's Chest" to catch Titanic, which stands at $1.83 billion, and it would need another $130 million to overtake "The Return of the King" at $1.13 billion.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was released July 7th, 2006 and stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook. The film is directed by Gore Verbinski.


Sources: Variety

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