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erk that question shouldve been a spoiler.

imho

spoiler:
the kraken was killed because it would pose a threat to the EIC, davy jones could've used the kraken to strike against EIC at any time with it. so the dutchman is somehow powerless. and it is to control davey jones as well, the kraken's death is sort of a blackmail also. and...it would've been boring to have another movie with a kraken battle. even two kraken battle is unbearable, its a squid for god's sake. its wobbly and tentacly..i didnt like it much

So basically, it's death has to do with the EIC? Makes sence! Thanks for the answer, and fixed my post btw.

jrboy wrote: But what sucks the most is that none of Thursdays $17 million will count towards this weekends total (May 25-27).

That was what I was going to ask - so the "officials" in charge of counting box office don't/won't count the sales on Thursday - makes sense because that would be cheating. I may not make it tonight due to work, but at least my ticket was paid for and will count towards the weekend. What a trouper, eh? I buy a ticket to help the box office and then can't see the movie!

Disney-Fan wrote:So basically, it's death has to do with the EIC? Makes sence! Thanks for the answer, and fixed my post btw.

Well, Lord Cutler Beckett said that they had Jones kill his own pet.

Oh, OK. I definitely missed that line.

Saw the movie yesterday and have to say that some parts was amazing and some parts made me go "meh". As a whole though it was good.

Below are spoilers so if you haven't seen the movie then don't bother reading further.

-ok first off, I have to say, Barbossa really made my day. I think he IS the star of the movie. He just that damn cool.

-Other guy I like in the movie was Joshamee Gibbs. He was one of the secondary characters I just to a likeing to. Plus look like one of my favorite anime characters too. hehe.

-Seo Feng had less scenes then I would thought. that kinda sadden me because he was great in the movie. I also like the whole chinese atmosphere in the begining of the movie

-ok i know the love deal was one of the mian stuff for this movie but really turn me off.

-I'm also confuse how the kraken died. Who killed it?

-I didn't mind the mutiple betraying. Why? Cause they're PIRATES! That what pirates do!


-I really like did like the other pirates. Gave awesome sense of diversity and I love that.
Those who want the names here they are:

Mistress Ching: Pirate Lady of the Pacific Ocean.

Gentleman Jocard : Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean.

Capitaine Chevalle: Pirate Lord of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ammand the Corsair: Pirate Lord of the Black Sea.

Sri Sumbhajee: Pirate Lord of the Indian Ocean.

Captain Villanueva: Pirate Lord of the Adriatic Sea.

Each were cool looking.


-and of course I did like how Keith Richards as Captian Teague turned out as the Keeper of the code. He also was a badass too.

-one thing I didn't like but can't really blame them for(probably due to money cost and time) was that during final battle, none of the other ships except Black Pearl and Flying Dutchmen partipate in the battle. and both ships were also one to kill Beckett's ship. It like the other ships just stood there and watch.

-I always hated that damn Cutler Beckett and was overjoyed he got his ass kicked. he was just a prick that made me want to punch his pompous and haughty british face.

Spoiler ended


There is one type of pirate I wish would of been in Pirate of Caribbean triology and a badass one that is. Something thta look like this guy below

Super Aurora wrote:-I'm also confuse how the kraken died. Who killed it?

Davy Jones did, as ordered by Lord Cutler Beckett.

Mr. Bungle wrote:

Super Aurora wrote:-I'm also confuse how the kraken died. Who killed it?

Davy Jones did, as ordered by Lord Cutler Beckett.

I see but I don't remember that damn Beckett ever knew about the Kraken. been awhile since saw Dead Man's Chest but pretty sure that was the case.

I believe he did, which is why he wanted the heart to control the seas via Jones.

i didnt like sao feng. i thought he was underused and his intonation lacks command and power. mistress ching was more nasty.

and the cheesiest scene award goes to....

spoiler:
the battle marriage. it wasnt romantic nor touching nor brilliant. it was lameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. if i were an enemy pirate i would've slain them while they were kissing.

also, if u notice, tia dalma hinted at will many times about his turn of fate " a touch...of destiny..." she knew all along he was going to dutchman lord, she just didnt know how.hehe and it was unfair that she 'gave' a fair weather battle. humph. woman.

I didn't get to go on Thursday evening, as planned. One of the people we were planning to go with backed out, and then another ended up being sick. So, we've decided to go sometime, next week, hopefully. At any rate, I will get to go free. I just received two $10.00 Movie Cash certificates in the mail, for participating in the 7-11 Spider-Man 3 web promotion! I can use them for any movie I want, so, Pirates it is!

Anyway, here's the rundown on Box Office totals, so far, from MSN.com:

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.as ... 3&GT1=7701

'Pirates' Has $43 Million Opening Day
May 26, 12:29 PM EST

Johnny Depp and his pirate friends pulled in a lot of plunder, but fell far short of a record opening day.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" raked in $43 million domestically Friday, well behind the $59.3 million opening day for "Spider-Man 3" just three weeks earlier, according to studio estimates Saturday.

The numbers for "At World's End" were skewed somewhat because the Walt Disney Co. had preview screenings at about 3,000 theaters Thursday night in advance of the movie's official Friday release.

The movie pulled in $14 million at those screenings, putting its domestic total at $57 million in just over a day. Without the Thursday screenings, much of that business would have been done on Friday instead, putting "At World's End" in range of the top single-day grosses.

"Spider-Man 3," released by Sony Corp., had broken the single-day box-office record of $55.8 million set last July by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," part two in the action-comedy franchise starring Depp as boozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow.

"Making $57 million in a day and a half is not bad for a bunch of pirates," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "Had all those preview numbers been folded into Friday, it would have maybe been the second-biggest single day in history."

"At World's End" also grossed $43 million Friday in 102 international markets. That put its worldwide total at $141.2 million since it began rolling out overseas Wednesday.

Despite opening in a record 4,362 theaters, "At World's End" is unlikely to break the all-time high for a three-day weekend, also held by "Spider-Man 3" with $151.1 million, said Chuck Viane, Disney head of distribution.

"Spider-Man 3" snatched the record away from the "Pirates" franchise, which had set a new high of $135.6 million with "Dead Man's Chest."

Viane said the record Disney aimed for is best four-day Memorial Day weekend debut. That record is held by last year's "X-Men: The Last Stand" with $122.9 million.

"At World's End" has a shot at that mark if it maintains its Friday momentum.

"Today's date is what matters," Viane said Saturday.

"What matters to me now is how is it going to do today?"

The length of "At World's End" — two hours, 47 minutes, nearly half an hour longer than "Spider-Man 3" — is a factor, limiting the number of screenings theaters can squeeze in each day.

Reviews for "At World's End" were mixed at best, though the same was true for "Dead Man's Chest" and other recent blockbusters including "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek the Third."

"We always have this disparity between the critics and the commercial," Viane said. "People just love the idea of Johnny as this character and the whole premise of the trilogy coming to an end."

"At World's End," whose Caribbean portions were shot at the same time as "Dead Man's Chest," picks up where the second movie left off, with Depp's Sparrow consigned to Davy Jones' locker and old allies and enemies (Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush) embarking on a voyage to save him.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i hope it will pick up on saturday and sunday. maybe i should've live in america. disney can happily appoint me to help them rake big numbers on opening weekends.

MadonnasManOne wrote: "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" raked in $43 million domestically Friday, well behind the $59.3 million opening day for "Spider-Man 3" just three weeks earlier, according to studio estimates Saturday.

The numbers for "At World's End" were skewed somewhat because the Walt Disney Co. had preview screenings at about 3,000 theaters Thursday night in advance of the movie's official Friday release.

The movie pulled in $14 million at those screenings, putting its domestic total at $57 million in just over a day. Without the Thursday screenings, much of that business would have been done on Friday instead, putting "At World's End" in range of the top single-day grosses.

Thanks for posting the article, MM1. Ok so this answers my questions - they DID open in a record number of theaters, so they were not handicapped by that. And it looks like opening Thursday was not a good move, since none of those totals got added to Friday. I"m sure that many more people jump on the bandwagon when they hear about a film breaking box office records, so had they waited until Friday, I think they would have had the same momentum as last year. Also, it appears they missed beating Spiderman III by 2-3 million so I guess it wouldn't have mattered in terms of a single-day record, but at least it would have put them close to Spiderman III. Now the movie almost looks like a disappointment with just $43 million for Friday. So getting back to my early question, is it being as heavily promoted as last year's film, I wonder?

I won't be seeing it at El Capitan tonight. Made the decision at the last moment. I have to work. Hopefully I'll be able to see it sometime late next week.

You are welcome, Pluto Region1. While it certainly would have been better for Disney to NOT have the early Thursday screenings, I can see why they did. I believe it was due to the length of the film. Regardless, I feel Spider-Man 3 did so well, because the demand to see the film was so front-loaded. Mainly, because a few years have passed since the previous film. Spider-Man 3's daily totals were higher than the previous two films, for the first three days, only. Since then, it has trailed the daily totals of either of the previous two Spider-Man films. It has been in release for 22 days, domestically. In the 22nd day of release, Spider-Man 3 has earned $293,492,000. In comparison, Spider-Man 2 earned $310,766,413 by the 22nd day, and Spider-Man earned $305,073,768 by the 22nd day. So, as you can see, Spider-Man 3 is trailing behind the previous two films. That indicates that the film was certainly front-loaded with demand, and has since trailed off.

I think the situation will be different with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Certainly there is great demand to see it, but, with the holiday, and the fact that Disney chose to do earlier Thursday screenings, I think it will be spread out more evenly.

MadonnasManOne wrote:Spider-Man 3's daily totals were higher than the previous two films, for the first three days, only. Since then, it has trailed the daily totals of either of the previous two Spider-Man films. It has been in release for 22 days, domestically. In the 22nd day of release, Spider-Man 3 has earned $293,492,000. In comparison, Spider-Man 2 earned $310,766,413 by the 22nd day, and Spider-Man earned $305,073,768 by the 22nd day. So, as you can see, Spider-Man 3 is trailing behind the previous two films.

Oh wow, that is interesting! That almost seems to indicate that people ran out to see the film because of the hype. Also reading here at the forums, it sounded like many who were fans of the Spiderman series did not like this latest version and perhaps the bad reviews by fans spread by word of mouth, resulting in slower box office takes.

Back to POTC, so even if POTC won't break some single opening day record, you've reminded me that it likely won't fizzle out either. Perhaps it will eventually do a total Box Office # that'll beat Spiderman.

Pluto Region1 wrote:

MadonnasManOne wrote:Spider-Man 3's daily totals were higher than the previous two films, for the first three days, only. Since then, it has trailed the daily totals of either of the previous two Spider-Man films. It has been in release for 22 days, domestically. In the 22nd day of release, Spider-Man 3 has earned $293,492,000. In comparison, Spider-Man 2 earned $310,766,413 by the 22nd day, and Spider-Man earned $305,073,768 by the 22nd day. So, as you can see, Spider-Man 3 is trailing behind the previous two films.

Oh wow, that is interesting! That almost seems to indicate that people ran out to see the film because of the hype. Also reading here at the forums, it sounded like many who were fans of the Spiderman series did not like this latest version and perhaps the bad reviews by fans spread by word of mouth, resulting in slower box office takes.

Yea that was interesting since Ever since the first Spiderman came out, people been clammering and wishing Venom become one of the villians to make it to the movie. #3 grants that wish, however I would expect due to poor rush job and bad development on Venom made people go "urgh" for Spidey 3.

Though on Pirates' case, I was wondering why similar box office results happen there.

well, it looks like its opening weekend will fall quit a bit below Dead Man's Chest. There was definitely a bigger backlash than I thought.

Still considering AWE is a better movie, and also better than Spider-Man 3, it should get better legs.

YAY!

Pirates Hits $142.5 Million Worldwide
Source: The Walt Disney Studios May 26, 2007


Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End boosted its worldwide gross-to-date to $142.5 million, and set a new record for The Walt Disney Studios at the worldwide box office, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Marketing and Distribution. Domestically, "At World's End" sailed into Saturday ahead of last year's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest with $57 million at 4,362 theatres to date. Now playing in 102 international territories, "At World's End" added $44.4 million on Friday for a new cume of $85.5 million, which also stands as a Studio record.

Commenting on the announcement, Zoradi said, "Moviegoers all over the world are turning out in record numbers to see 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," and we're thrilled with our landmark opening day gross. This is the biggest Friday our company has ever had and we're definitely on track to having our best box office weekend ever. Reports continue to pour in from all over the world as to how well this film is playing, and we're delighted that word-of-mouth is clearly translating into record results at the box office."

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End picks up where the record-breaking 2006 smash hit left off, with our heroes Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) allied with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker. With the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman, and its commander Davy Jones under the control of the East India Trading Company, there is havoc on the Seven Seas. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, the heroic trio must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront the cunning Pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat). Now headed beyond the very ends of the earth, each must ultimately choose a side in a final titanic battle -- as not only their lives and fortunes, but the entire future of the freedom-loving Pirate way hangs in the balance. The film was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio

yeay! good news. i just came back from sunday screening and the theater was 100% full. my crazy brother said spidey3 was better. harumph!

Does anyone have this book?



I really want to get it, but I just wanted to see other people's view on it, to see if it's any good

I went to see the movie yesterday, and I was BLOWN AWAY by it! It was a seriously wonderful movie, and the review on this ite could not be more wrong! I loved every minute of it. Will post my thoughts etc later, when I have more time.