David Hiltbrand of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes that the most successful pirates, from Blackbeard and Jean Lafitte to Jack Sparrow, have always employed the element of surprise, sneaking up on their prey. So what does the extraordinary success of that scalawag Sparrow mean?
‘First and foremost, that the box office is not dead,’ said Brandon Gray, president and publisher of the Web site Box Office Mojo. ‘Make a movie people want to see and they will rush to see it. This is that rare crowd-pleaser. Audiences loved the adventure, the humor, the horror, and the characters, particularly Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow.’
‘Industry observers predicted it would do well, but no one thought it would do this well,’ said Harry Medved of Fandango, the ticket-selling outlet. By Friday, Fandango was selling an unprecedented 10 tickets per second to Dead Man’s Chest…
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