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Post by lucidity on Jul 9, 2006 18:15:10 GMT
 Is anyone going to the new one? It opened here this weekend and is breaking box office records. I think I'd like to see it just for the sake of seeing a silly, summer movie.  |
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Post by Rosie on Jul 9, 2006 18:31:24 GMT
Is anyone going to the new one? It opened here this weekend and is breaking box office records. I think I'd like to see it just for the sake of seeing a silly, summer movie. I'll be seeing it for sure - maybe next week when we're on holiday. I loved the first one. Johnny Depp is wonderful - Capt. Jack Sparrow will be an all time favourite hero. (Or anti-hero?). |
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Post by lindahoyland on Jul 9, 2006 21:03:14 GMT
I hope to see it.It is already showing at my local cinema.
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Post by lucidity on Jul 10, 2006 22:51:52 GMT
Apparently Dead Man's Chest did quite well at the box office. (From EW online):
'Caribbean' Dream
Joshua Rich's weekend wrapup: ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' makes $132 mil its first weekend, smashing the record held by ''Spider-Man'' for the biggest opening ever
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Ahoy, indeed! Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest shattered all sorts of box office records this weekend, opening with $132 million, according to Sunday's estimates. You know how everybody in Hollywood loves to quote that line by writer William Goldman, ''Nobody knows anything''? Well, it's safe to say that everybody knew this huge opening was coming. I mean, it sure as heck didn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Case in point: me. I'm no rocket scientist (that's for d*mn sure!) and I predicted it.
Now, I'm always a bit reluctant to play up box office records, because so often they're not very special. Studios love saying things like their movie had the top opening for an animated feature on a Wednesday in October, and I don't think repeating such insincere boasts communicates much — especially, for example, whether a movie is actually doing well. But POTC:DMC opened much, much stronger than any movie ever has, and the marks that it set truly are the real deals. Remember how we went through them all on Friday? Well, they're all gone. Kaplooie. Buh-bye. Here's how they stand now:
Best opening weekend: This is one of the most important records out there, and POTC:DMC's $132 mil blows away Spider-Man's $114.8 mil.
Best opening day and best single day: POTC:DMC earned $55.5 mil in its first 24 hours, on Friday, passing Revenge of the Sith's $50 mil.
Best July opening: Obviously, the biggest bow of all time passed the old record in this category, Spider-Man 2's $88.2 mil.
Shortest time to $100 mil: POTC:DMC earned $44.7 mil on Saturday, pushing it over the century mark in just two days, breaking a record held by five other movies. I'm thinking this could be like the cinematic version of the three-minute mile — that is, the last major benchmark in this category — because I'm not sure it's physically possible for a film to earn $100 mil any quicker.
Even I saw all those coming. But here are a few more tidbits to consider. The film averaged a huge $31,945, which is the biggest-ever average for a movie playing wide. That mark is particularly astounding because flicks that score such averages usually have theater counts in the single or double digits, while POTC:DMC played in 4,133 venues, the third-biggest rollout of all time. Certainly, the debut is tops for everybody involved — Disney, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and stars Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, and Orlando Bloom. As such, it improves upon the $46.6 mil first weekend of its predecessor, 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ... by nearly 300 percent. Critics may have screamed aaargh!, but audiences clearly begged to differ: The movie's CinemaScore rating was a healthy A-, and, as expected, its audience was almost perfectly divided between men and women, young and old. So it looks like many more doubloons are still to be earned.
All right, time to catch a breath. Inhale. Exhale. Okay. I guess with such a big winner there had to be a loser, and Superman Returns was it. (I'll spare you any kryptonite puns here, promise.) Sure, the movie came in at No. 2, with $21.9 mil. But that's a very disappointing 58 percent decline from its premiere last weekend, which only adds insult to Supes' injury of having all his headlines stolen. His two-week take now stands at $141.7 mil, and, considering that steep decline and the strength of his main competitor, a final sum of $300 mil is all but out of his future now. In fact, a $250 mil gross probably is, too...
There was more, but mostly about other films.
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Post by lindahoyland on Jul 11, 2006 0:26:38 GMT
This was in our newspaper today too. I hope to go and see it tomorrow.
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Post by StefaniaB on Jul 11, 2006 1:37:03 GMT
I hope to see "Pirates" this weekend. i saw the first POTC film three times. I was saddened by most of the reviews that I saw, particularly since the Curse of the Black Pearl got good reviews. But who cares, really. Sequels are seldom as good as the originals, though there are exceptions, of course, as in Star Wars.
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Post by lindahoyland on Jul 11, 2006 22:59:38 GMT
I've just returned from the cinema. I thought the film good fun  but overlong.It ended on the kind of cliffhanger, I am fond of putting in my stories!I loved all the sword fights and the references to old nautical legends.Jonny Depp just oozes charissma and dominates the story. I could have done without the stereotyped cannibal islanders and thought Elizabeth's actions somewhat dubious at the end. The monsters were scary and revolting. Great ships and great scenery, though.I am looking forward to the sequel.  |
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Post by lucidity on Jul 12, 2006 0:02:32 GMT
I vow to see this one at the theater...I hope.  |
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Post by laerien on Jul 18, 2006 6:50:38 GMT
Here, the premiere will be only on Thursday.  I am going to watch it with my friend as soon as she comes home. I don't think that the lenght of it could ever bother me... ;D :geek: What? WHAT?! |
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Post by lindahoyland on Jul 18, 2006 7:22:03 GMT
The way it ended could have come straight out of one of my stories,for as you well know, I love cliffhangers(writing them that is ).
I hope you enjoy it.
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Post by lucidity on Jul 18, 2006 10:55:33 GMT
I'm sure the cliffie was to whet people's appetite for the final sequel, which has already been filmed. ;D At least we know there WILL be a sequel!  |
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Post by lucidity on Jul 24, 2006 22:50:08 GMT
I saw this today! I thought it was very good, but maybe a tad too long. I thought the characters had a chance to develop, which was nice and I absolutely swooned for the man who played Norrington. He did nothing for me in the first movie, but maybe it was because he had that white wig (A major turn off!) He was very appealing to me, even covered in pig poo!  |
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Post by Rosie on Jul 25, 2006 8:47:37 GMT
I saw this today! I thought it was very good, but maybe a tad too long. I thought the characters had a chance to develop, which was nice and I absolutely swooned for the man who played Norrington. He did nothing for me in the first movie, but maybe it was because he had that white wig (A major turn off!) He was very appealing to me, even covered in pig poo! Jack Davenport, who played Norrington, is the son of respected English actor, Nigel Davenport. He made his name and became a bit of a heart-throb in the wonderful BBC2 series, This Life, which I would thoroughly recommend if you can get it Luc. I enjoyed the film and can't wait for the third. Did you stay through all the end credits and see the final clip? |
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Post by lindahoyland on Jul 25, 2006 11:20:40 GMT
I didn't know there was a final clip ! My friend is always eager to get home to bed !I'm glad you enjoyed it too.
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Post by lucidity on Jul 25, 2006 15:04:49 GMT
Jack Davenport, who played Norrington, is the son of respected English actor, Nigel Davenport. He made his name and became a bit of a heart-throb in the wonderful BBC2 series, This Life, which I would thoroughly recommend if you can get it Luc. I enjoyed the film and can't wait for the third. Did you stay through all the end credits and see the final clip? What is this series about, Rosie? I think I fell for his deep voice. I'm a sucker for delicious deep voices.  I stayed for the credits for what felt like an eternity, because I couldn't recall what people said it was going to be.  It was cute, but not worth the endless credits to see.  I really liked Orlando Bloom in this last one. I think he's come a long way. |
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Post by Rosie on Jul 25, 2006 17:26:07 GMT
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Post by lucidity on Jul 26, 2006 1:13:13 GMT
Maybe I can rent it through Netfix. Hmmm. |
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Post by faramirslover on Aug 5, 2006 5:58:34 GMT
I saw it and love it. I can not wait until the third is out.
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