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Sunday, 10 September 2006, 10:48 GMT 11:48 UK

Pirates is third film to top $1bn

Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean The Pirates Of The Caribbean sequel has become only the third film to make over $1bn (£536m) at the global box office.

Dead Man's Chest, which stars Johnny Depp, had sold $1.003bn-worth of tickets as of Friday, said its distributors Walt Disney.

This makes it the third highest grossing film of all time, behind Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.

A third film, At World's End, is set to be released next May.

No further rise

Dead Man's Chest has already set a record as the fastest film to reach the $300m (£162m) total at the North American box office.

Its total gross dwarfs that of the first film in the series, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl, which made $656m worldwide.

However, Dead Man's Chest is not expected to rise above Return Of The King's $1.1bn (£590m) global total and make it into second place in the all-time takings list.

And it will have a long way to go to match 1997's Titanic, which made $1.8bn (£965m) worldwide.



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Pirates is fastest film to $300m (24 Jul 06 |  Entertainment )
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