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On July 7, 2006, everyone in North America went to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Okay, that's an exaggeration but only a slight one. The movie's Friday debut garnered $55.8 million in receipts, shattering the record day for single day box office by roughly 12%. Day Two saw the Johnny Depp movie set a John Cobb type of record by becoming the fastest movie to ever break the $100 million barrier. This is a record that may only be tied for at least the next ten years. In addition, Dead Man's Chest had followed up the biggest box office day in history with the fifth largest day in history. Spider-Man's record was a foregone conclusion at that point. By the end of Sunday, the Pirates sequel had earned $135.6 million, not just breaking but in fact shattering Spider-Man's opening weekend by $20.8 million. Dead Man's Chest didn't stop there, either. In addition to being the fastest movie to $100 million, it also became the fastest to $200 million as well as $300 million. It followed up the biggest opening weekend of all-time with the third largest second weekend as well as the fourth largest third weekend of all-time. In an era where box office legs are hard to come by, this movie earned an additional $288 million after its epic debut, accumulating a grand total of $423.4 million in domestic receipts. In a year where no other title has earned $250 million, Dead Man's Chest has become the sixth largest of all-time, finishing under $8 million shy of the top five. And the news is even better worldwide. An additional $637 million was earned abroad, making it the fourth largest international performer of all-time. When the numbers are all piled together, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is the third largest movie of all time in terms of revenue with $1.06 billion. In a relatively quiet box office year, the Disney pirate movie offered supernova performance, setting the box office equivalent of land-speed records that may never be broken. It is the nearly unanimous choice of the BOP staff as the biggest movie industry story of 2006.
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