Scotsman.com has just announced that the swashbuckler epic “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” has become the third film to pass $1 billion (536 million pounds) at the world-wide box office, distributor Walt Disney Co. said on Saturday.
The film starring Johnny Depp had sold $1.003 billion worth of tickets as of Friday, the company said in a statement. “Pirates,” which has ruled the foreign box office for the last nine weekends, enters its final major market, Italy, on Wednesday.
All told, the sequel has earned $415.1 million in North America, and $587.5 million internationally, the No. 1 film of the year by both measures.
