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'Pirates' sequel third-biggest film of all time


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The swashbuckler epic Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has become the third film to pass US$1 billion at the world-wide box office, distributor Walt Disney said on Saturday.

The film starring Johnny Depp had sold US$1.003 billion worth of tickets as of Friday, the company said in a statement. But it was unlikely to climb any higher up the rankings.

Titanic, released in 1997, holds the record with US$1.8 billion, followed by 2003's Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with US$1.1 billion.

Pirates, which has ruled the foreign box office for the last nine weekends, enters its final major market, Italy, on Wednesday. The first film, 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, earned US$21 million there, and US$656 million world-wide.

All told, the sequel has earned US$415.1 million in North America, and US$587.5 million internationally, the No. 1 film of the year by both measures.

A third film, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, is shooting in Los Angeles with plans for release next May.

Key cast members including Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom are returning. Additionally, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has just flown in to shoot a cameo role, a source close to the set said.

Richards, on whom Depp modelled his flamboyant character, Captain Jack Sparrow, has long been asked by producers to play Sparrow's father. The source declined to say what role Richards was playing.

source:REUTERS

image:Reuters....apparently JOHNNY DEPP modelled his character in the "Pirates" movies on the Stones' Keith Richards...

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others have said the same thing to me shawn....i`ve only seen the first one in the pirates series and i did enjoy it....i admire depp`s acting and production abilities and his ability to take a quirky story and make it appeal to the mainstream.... :)

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