By Eliana Diaz
In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, audiences are treated to 2 hours and 47 minutes of amazing action sequences, stunning CG effects, and a crazed Jack Sparrow rambling on about a…peanut??
Disney, being the business moguls that they are, decided to release the movie one day earlier than expected in English speaking countries and also moved the United States opening of At World’s End from screenings Friday, May 25, 2007 to Thursday at 8:00pm, May 24, 2007. The film opened in 4,362 theaters domestically, beating Spider-Man 3’s theater opening record by 110.
Unfortunately like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, At World’s End received mixed reviews with the most common criticism of the film from reviewers was that the plot was too complicated for them to follow. Despite the mixed reviews, people and audiences once again praised Depp’s portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow, whose witty humor and mannerisms have made him one of filmdom’s most memorable rogues.
Ultimately, At World’s End earned $58 million worldwide, and earned the fifth-biggest three-day opening yet, breaking the Memorial Day weekend record of X-Men: The Last Stand, with a domestic gross of $142 million. The addition of the Thursday screenings gross bought the opening total to $126 million. Elsewhere, it grossed $205 million, bringing the worldwide opening gross to $332 million. So far, the film has grossed $400 million worldwide.
So what does this mean for the summer movie-goers?? Due the unusually strong summer movie lineup (Transformers, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Simpson’s Movie, etc…). It means that this year’s movies are sure to give us one heck of a summer.
