Disney’s Pirates Brings Big Profits

Consumers and investors tend to focus on box office and forget profits when looking at domestic box office numbers. Several analyst reports out today are looking at the profitsfor Pirates and the news is good for Disney (DIS). Analysts must have been playing it safe because several bumped their estimates by a nickel or more […]

A Look at Records Set By Pirates of the Caribbean

The numbers for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (POTC) are truly enormous even in an era when studios, theatres, and moviegoers have become used to huge opening weekends. Over at The Hot Blog, David Poland has referred to these big opening weekends and lesser legs as “front loading.” All the comparisons below are […]

Pirates Provides Big Boost To Box Office

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (POTC) blew away even the most optimistic estimates and broke all opening weekend records pulling in $132 million in just three days. All by itself, POTC would have made for a successful weekend for the movie business, but not be overlooked is that the other films in the […]