When all the doubloons were actually tallied, the actual three-day gross for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was $135.6 million, a significant $3.6 mil more than originally estimated, meaning that Spider-Man’s record has been put to even more shame. In fact, Variety notes, the only box-office best Pirates didn’t better was the all-time Saturday payday of $44.8 million, netted by Shrek 2 — although Jack Sparrow came within just 400 thou of doing so.
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