Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Off To A Great Start At The Box Office!

Although POTC: On Stranger Tides doesn't arrive in US theaters til midnight tonight, it has officially opened up in many international theaters today. And it's already hitting high above its predecessors (despite being the most critically panned of the series already), making a total of $18.5 million today. From The Hollywood Reporter:


First day offshore box office for the fourth title in the lucrative Pirates series produced by Jerry Bruckheimer beats by nearly 50 percent the comparable opening day tally of the third title in the franchise, 2007’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which opened in 16 foreign territories.

Biggest single market for Tides in 3D was Russia, where the opening day registered $5 million, which Disney described as a record first day in the market. The figure was 80 percent above the debut day recorded by At World’s End, which is the top foreign grosser so far of the Pirates titles with an overseas tally of $654 million.

In the U.K., Tides recorded $3.2 million in its opening day, $3.3 million in France (38 percent above the comparable At World’s End figure in the market), $1.7 million in Italy and $1.3 million in Sweden, the biggest first day figure ever in the market.


Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides sails into US theaters tomorrow!