Juggernaut of the Caribbean

3 weeks.

That's how long it took Dead Man's Chest to surpass the original Pirate's total theatrical gross.

It now stands at number 16 on the all-time blockbuster list. (That's not adjusted for inflation.) and looking ahead at the list, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended it's run between Spider-Man and Star Wars Episode III at number 7. It seems to be keeping one day ahead of all of the Episode III records in the book, so it only seems appropriate that it will end right past it at close to $400 million.

With a little help and a small push, it could potentially hit number 3, passing Shrek 2 at $436 mil, but I have my doubts that it can reach number 2, where Star Wars sits with $461 million. $436 to $461 million seems like a little too much of a gap to cover late in a movies release.

You can never predict Titanic numbers ($600 million) because movies like that come around every blue moon and almost can't be explained.

And while Pirates 2 was not as good as Pirate 1, and no I don't think it was, it was certainly good enough that there will be incredible interest in the next movie, and I think it only helps that the movie arrives next summer to capitalize on the interest immediately.

Then it can go head to head with Spider-Man as the next trilogy king, to see if either can surpass Lord of the Rings as the second highest grossing trilogy of all time.

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