Though Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has been closing out its run here in the States for some time, it has continued to kick ass overseas. With constant earnings week to week, the film is now poised to break the one billion mark.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest to Pass a Billion
According to THR,
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is poised to be only the third film to ever gross more than $1 billion in global ticket sales.
The worldwide box office for the Disney sequel stands at $993.7 million, of which $579.5 million was generated internationally. The studio is expecting the film to pass the $1 billion mark this Friday.
The foreign box office total for Pirates over the Labor Day weekend was $11.6 million from 49 territories.
Topping the list were France, an estimated $2.4 million in the sixth weekend for a total of $46.5 million, and Japan, $1.6 million for a market total of $78.4 million.
Though Pirates of the Caribbean is closing in on the only two other films to break one billion, it still has got a ways to go before it matches either of them. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will be the film's first challenge with a total box office take near $1.1 billion. Yes, this number may be possible, but the $1.8 billion from James Cameron's Titanic is definitely out of reach.
Superman Returns, which was first considered Dead Man's Chest's greatest challenge before either film entered theatres, is still chugging away to break the $200 million mark overseas. The film's No. 1 opening in Italy helped push the international box office take to $181.
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