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Pirates Sequel breaks record
Los Angeles – Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” earned $55.5 million on Friday, which would set the record for the largest one day take at the box office. The previous record was set last year by “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,” which grossed about $50 million.
The movie was shown on 4, 133 screens, beginning at midnight Friday. Only 2004’s “Shrek 2” and “SpiderMan 2” debuted on more screens.
Disney also received reports of continuous sellouts and requests to add more screens at multiplexes. “We’re obviously thrilled beyond belief. Anytime you break an industry record…the word ecstatic comes to mind.” said Chuck Viane, head of distribution at Disney.
(This article was transcribed from the 7/9/06 Sunday edition of the Peoria Journal Star)
Pirate of the High Cs
After years of proving his versatility as an actor without ever starring in a gold-plated box-office blockbuster, his talent was finally acknowledged by cinemagoers and critics alike through his performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean three years ago – By Steve Pratt for The Northern Echo
Public adoration of Captain Jack, the fact that people took to the character and supported him, came as a pleasant surprise. “At a certain point some of the better dressed people at Disney were having a difficult time with my interpretation of the character. The fact that the audience came in and supported me was a win-win situation,” says the actor with a degree of satisfaction.
Executives’ worries were understandable when you consider Captain Jack’s mincing swagger and mangled, effeminate English accent. His body language is all to do with the weather, explains Depp. “It came from extreme heat. I went to a sauna, locked myself in – by the way, I don’t recommend that. Out on the open seas for a long period of time, he’d obviously be subjected to the elements. So what happens when you lock yourself in a very hot place? It starts to affect the way you move, that’s kind of how Jack’s movement was born.”
The combination contrives to remind you not only of Keith Richards but also Captain Birds Eye and Julian Clary. The two sequels are being filmed back-to-back, with Depp and the rest of the cast reuniting to complete filming next month.
Depp’s on a roll
Like most Hollywood actors, his particular journey has been something of a rollercoaster ride and right now he couldn’t be higher off the ground by LAWRIE MASTERSON for the Sunday Mail.
Depp admits that even his mother, Betty Sue, was impressed when he landed on the cover of Newsweek recently and his star power drew comparisons between him and Tom Cruise.
But while Cruise, 44 on July 3, routinely tops lists as Hollywood’s most powerful and bankable star, it’s 43-year-old Depp who has the acting credibility, the reputation for uncanny choices of material.
And while Cruise’s personal life has taken turns towards what some regard as bizarre in recent years, Depp, who certainly had some wild days early in his career, now is the epitome of the happy family man. He is the father of Lily-Rose, seven, and four-year-old Jack with his partner of the past eight years, French singer and actor Vanessa Paradis.
“Even before the ride took this particular turn (with Pirates) I never really went out much, so nothing has changed in that regard,” he says. “My kids have a super-normal life. They do their school, they play with their friends.
“OK, they get to go to Disneyland maybe a little more often than other kids, but that’s part of the gig.”
Depp and his family divide their time between homes in Los Angeles and the south of France and,
Depp’s ‘Pirates’ scores record $132M debut
Disney’s swashbuckling sequel sailed past the previous all-time best debut, 2002’s “Spider-Man,” which took in $114.8 million in its first weekend – By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer for Yahoo News.
“Dead Man’s Chest” also did nearly three times the business of its predecessor, “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” which took in $46.6 million over opening weekend in 2003.
The sequel surpassed that total in its first day alone, taking in $55.5 million Friday and with $44.7 million on Saturday, “Dead Man’s Chest” also became the first movie to top $100 million in just two days.
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DMC Premiere Paris
Yesterday Johnny appeared at the French Pirates of the Caribbean 2 – Dead Man’s Chest Premiere in Paris –
before he received the Great Medal of the City of Paris
earlier he was seen leaving the Plazza Athene hotel
Pics of this are to be found HERE
A preview:
Superstardom is uncharted territory for Depp
Having sailed so long outside the mainstream, Johnny Depp isn’t sure how to navigate superstardom – BY JEFF STRICKLER for the Star Tribune
LOS ANGELES — Sure, he has starred in plenty of movies, but usually as a performer who prides himself on disappearing inside his role. It wasn’t Depp who drew audiences to those films, it was characters such as Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Brasco and George Jung (“Blow”).
The patrons lining up at theaters today will be there to see Depp. The sequel to the 2003 blockbuster — which had $652 million in ticket sales worldwide — is a mega-budget star vehicle built around and totally dependent on Capt. Jack Sparrow, the flamboyant pirate he created. And that blows his mind. “I’ve definitely never been a crowd-pleaser,” he said. “I was very surprised that the first ‘Pirates’ did as well as it did. I still am.”
“If you define my career in terms of box office, I’ve spent 20 years making movies that the studios consider failures,” he said. “To me, they were great successes just because we got them made.”
Depp says he’s “not the leading-man kind of actor — there’s a whole bunch of guys out there, actor types, who do that well.” Instead, he prefers characters “who may seem bizarre.” He points out that while the first “Pirates” movie was being filmed, studio executives went bonkers over reports that he was playing the freewheeling character as a seagoing Keith Richards.
Depp Candid About Roles, Money
Topix.net – People Magazine editor-at-large and The Early Show entertainment contributor Jess Cagle spoke with Depp about the new movie and his unique role.
“You’ve said that ‘Pirates’ initially came from a desire to do a movie for the kids. And I wanted to know what kind of feedback have you gotten from your kids about the movies?”
Depp: “The kids have been incredibly sort of supportive,” he says. “They enjoy the character a lot. Every now and again, very rarely, but they’ll ask me to sort of, say something like Jack Sparrow. Or do something like Sparrow. My son for example, used to think that – it was the cutest thing in the world – he always thought that the character’s name was ‘Captain Jack Sparrow Savvy.’”
Depp was practically a kid himself when he starred in the TV drama “21 Jump Street.” Director John Waters saw that Depp was capable of much more and gave him his first big-screen starring role in “Cry-Baby.”
“John Waters said he thinks Captain Jack is actually, of all the characters you’ve played, the character closest to you,” Cagle asks, laughing. “Is there, first of all, why would he say something like that, is there any truth to it?”
“I’ll never reveal the truth … I cannot and will not say. No, I think with all the characters, you know, they’re still in there, you know.
Depp awarded top French honour
itv News – PARIS –
Johnny Depp has received the highest honour for achievement called the Grand Medaille de Vermeil.
Mayor Betrand Delanoe paid tribute to the actor as he presented Depp with the medal and certificate at the French premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
Speaking in French and English, Depp said he was “touched” to receive the award. He said: “Thank you very much. I’m very honoured, very touched, and a bit shy. “Thank you very very much, this is more than one could dream. This city’s been very good to me, this country’s been very good to me. “It introduced me to my beautiful girl Vanessa and it produced a couple of great kids, so thanks again.”
Congratulations Johnny!