Update from Germany:

Judging by 1st day sales, the weekend is headed somewhere between 1.15m-1.45m admissions and b.o. somewhere between €12m and €16m ($16.8m-$22.9m)...

We had new IMAX theater here in Singapore and the ticket prices are 3 times the normal price. All the shows were sold out. Not only that all the big auditoriums in 3 major theater chains were sold-out for Thursday evening shows and there were quite a few shows. Though Singapore is a small market this is going to be HUGE here.

This is performing just where i kinda thought it would do. Some big numbers in growth markets, but either on par or below Pirates 2/3 in most other markets in local dollars....with the weak US$ bringing it up to Pirates 2 or 3 levels.

This will easily blow pass $600m overseas no question.,

Pirates 4

Day 0: $166,117
Day 1: $342,015

Total: $508,132

Heading towards 2.2-2.6m for the 4-day. 2.3-2.8m for the 4.25 day. Slightly below the 3rd one. Not good when tickets for this one (Pirates 4) is about 35-45% more expensive.

Pirates 4 OD in Australia.

AU$1.623m

DMC and AWE both opened to over AU$2m. So its AT LEAST 25% lower and that's with inflation and 3D.

Another poor sign for OST.

AUSTRALIA (AU$) - Opening Day

Well down on the previous two Pirates and just ahead of Thor. Thor ended up grossing AU$5.35m through the Easter Weekend, so if it follows that trajectory it would be looking at just above $6.1m, if it follows Pirates 2 it'll be doing $6.7m+ and Pirates 3, it'll be doing close to $9m

I think Pirates 4 will have a multiplier similar to Pirates 3 and grow through the weekend.....though with this sorta opening day we can pretty much kiss $10m goodbye...

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $5.268m (Fri)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $5,230,286
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $5,044,000 (Thu incl. US$1.6m/AUD$1.7m midnights - 466 SC)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - $4.4m (Thu incl. $1.5m midnights)
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $4,374,281 (US$3.4m - Wed - 485 SC)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $4,173,881 (Fri)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $4,122,770 (US$2.09m - Wed)
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $4,102,282 (US$3.5m - Wed)
Harry Potter 7-1: DH - $4,000,466 (US$3.9m/ 334,000 adms. - 610 SC)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $3,554,412 (incl. $1.2m midnights - 534p)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $3,516,000 (Mon)*Boxing Day
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $3,209,000
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $3,065,296
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $2,713,766 (US$1.95m)
Star Wars 1: PM - $2,619,887 (US$1.5m)
Meet The Fockers - $2,617,013 (US$1.8m Boxing Day - 323 SC)*
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $2,647,486 (US$2,107,161 Wed - 457 SC)
Happy Feet - $2,416,030 (Boxing Day - Tue)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $2.4m (~$0.75m = 1am sessions)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $2,391,358
The Simpsons Movie - $2,301,134 (442 SC)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $2.3m
Fast Five - $2,300,000 (US$2.4m)
The Dark Knight - $2,277,714 (US$2.2m Wed - 472 SC)
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $2,262,510 (Wed - 422 SC)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $2,203,707 (600 prints)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $2,167,548
James Bond: Quantum Of Solace - $2,113,779 (incl. $2,030,066 Wed - 467 SC)
Sex And The City - $2,045,000 (452p)
Transformers - $2,033,471 (350p)
The Incredibles - $1,918,418 (US$1.4m Boxing Day - 417 SC)*
Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $1,899,000 (535p)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $1,836,208
Spiderman 3 - $1,805,133 (500)
The Da Vinci Code - $1,804,661 (US$1.3m - 561 SC)
Iron Man 2 - $1.8m (US$1.7m)
8 Mile - $1,761,130
Shrek 2 - $1,730,695
Spiderman - $1,725,463
Independence Day - $1,713,470 (US$1.1m)
Bruno - $1,650,501 (323 SC)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides - $1,623,000
Spiderman 2 - $1,602,413 (US$1,105,341 - Wed)
Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle - $1,468,014
End Of Days - $1,425,184
Thor - $1.42m (US$1.5m)

The pic is pacing 10% ahead of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End."
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides continued to rock on Thursday at the international box office, grossing $25.7 million as it expanded into 27 additional markets and bringing its two-day total to $44.2 million from 37 territories.

All told, On Stranger Tides is pacing 10 percent ahead of where Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, the last film in the blockbuster franchise, was at in its first two days at the foreign box office.

Many territories open films either on Wednesday or Thursday, versus the traditional Friday in the U.S.

On Stranger Tides is doing staggering business in Russia, where it opened on Wednesday to a record-breaking $5 million. On Thursday, it grossed another $5.2 million. The two-day total is 365 percent ahead of At World’s End.

In the U.S., On Stranger Tides, which cost $250 million to make, opens on Friday, playing in a total of 4,155 theaters.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... ive-190672

They messed up something again. According to our local sources Pitates grossed around $4.73 mln on Wednesday and $4.45 mln on Thursday.

Maybe they include the Ukraine?

That's the only resonable expanation though ukrainian box office is counted separately at least for five years. Even the language of dubbed copies is different as well as distributors. There is no way also it could increase on Thursday, in fact even 8% drop looks amazing.

I think it will do between 600-650 OS based on early numbers.

Tracking quite well here, it's ahead of Star Wars 3: ROTS after 2-Days of play overseas. ROTS grossed $38.4m at this point and went on to gross $145.5m. THis one looks primed for $150m.

Some comparisons:

Harry Potter 6: HBP - $237,000,000 (34m adms. - 84/15,900)
Spiderman 3 - $230,544,376 (6-Day - All Markets - 75/107/16,711) or $292.5m week
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $216,361,000 (5-Day or $172.5m 3-Day – All except China/India – 102/17,600) or $251,041,000 by Mon or $295m week
Harry Potter 7-1: DH - $205m (26.8m adms. incl. $4.3m IMAX - 54/19,000)
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $193,000,000 ($185,215,578 5-Day or $148,768,692 3-Day incl. $2.1m on 35 - All except Japan/China - 44/13317) or $254m week
Avatar - $164,545,565 (106/14,604) or $193.8m by Mon (Day 6)
2012 - $165,232,860 (105/12,685) or $227m week
The Da Vinci Code - $155,000,649 ($152,447,236 - All markets - 57/12,182) or $212m week
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $151,697,196 (101/11,652)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $145,534,793 (All except Japan/SKorea - 105c/114t//10,489)
Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $146,388,656 (55/8427)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $132,100,000 (24/6873)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $126.8m (UK/Germany/France/Scandinavia/Latin America – 28/7403)

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BTW - Sweden's opening day of $1.3m is pretty big, it's on course to go at least Top 5 and may challenge Arn, ROTK and Pirates 3 for the Top 3...all grossing in excess of $4.3m.

In Italy

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $1.9m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides - $1.7m

Pirates 3 ended up hitting above $9.4m.

Its at $92.1m after 3 days according to Nikki

There is a chance it takes #1 on the All-Time Foreign Opening Weekend Chart.

Yep, it's tracking ahead of AWE and will surely lead it throughout the weekend. Anything between $210-240 is possible, heck it may even hit $250m.

Pirates if takes #1 OW OS mark will just set the mark higher for a few months. HP: DH-2 will kill all the records

That is the highest overseas opening ever and a bigger WW opening than AWE...

On Stranger Tides by territory:

Russia $28.6M
China $20.0M
UK/Ire $19.5M
Germany $19.4M
Japan $18.2M
France $14.8M
Scandinavia $13.9M
Korea $12.0M
Italy $11.5M
Australia $10.3M

http://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_ ... 2011-05-22

Amazing start. Biggest OS opening ever. Gee, i don't even wanna know what Potter will do in 3D... Poor ROTK.

Pirates 4 vs 3

Russia 28.6 - 14.0
China 20.0 - 5.9

UK 19.5 - 26.1
France 14.8 - 17.8
Germany 19.4 - 21.7

I really think this one is going to cross the 1 billion mark. the new story is going to draw a lot of people to the box office.
Also, the 3D helped a lot of movies. i really don't think "Avatar" would have succeeded the way it did if it wasn't in 3D.

I expected a similar thing as well. Russia and China have just grown huge in last couple of years. And it wasn't very far from AWE in rest of its markets. Needless to say that it will still be bigger in rest of Asia (mostly smaller markets) which is still growing.

Holy shit...

I think it will make at least 650 probably around 670 OS, 1 Billion is going to be really hard considering it will make 260 at the most in the U.S. A little over 900 million is most likely.

Go Pirates. $700 million is a real possibility OS.