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A single day record for box office sales has been set by the latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" pulled in $55.5 million on its opening day on Friday. The next closts movie in the top sales race is "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," which brought in $50 million on its opening day in May of 2005. "Pirates" opened on 4,133 screens and is set to break weekend box office records as well, the record being $114.8 and set by "Spider-Man" in 2002. Chuck Vane, head of distribution at Disney, said that they were thrilled with the opening of "Pirates." He indicated that the word "ecstatic" came to mind. Thus far, the 2006 movie business has not faired very well. Attendance has been below average. "Pirates" is a 2 and 1/2 hour moving starring Johnny Depp as the pirate Jack Sparrow. The movie also stars Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and Bill Nighy. |
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