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'Pirates' continues to cruise
07/16/06"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" continued its record-setting assault on the box office, scoring the biggest ever 10-day gross as its cume hit $258.2 million. Pic declined 54% in its second frame -- typical after a huge bow --but still grossed an impressive $62.2 million, to retain the top spot at the B.O. Repping one of the few records it hasn't broken, weekend take was "only" the third-biggest second weekend ever, behind "Shrek 2's" $72.1 million in 2004 and "Spider-Man's" $71.4 in 2002.
'Pirates' treasure tallies $132 mil
07/09/06You'd be hard pressed to find a record that "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" didn't set. Disney's theme park sequel opened to an astounding $132 million -- a full $17 million ahead of the previous three-day weekend record set by "Spider-Man." It even beat the four-day weekend title previously held by "X-Men: the Last Stand," which took $122.9 million over the Memorial Day frame.
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