Last updated: Monday, September 11, 2006
PIRATES BREAKS $1 BILLION BARRIER
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST has become only the third film to break through the $1 billion (GBP555 million) international box office barrier.
JOHNNY DEPP as Captain Jack Sparrow in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'
The swashbuckling sequel - which stars JOHNNY DEPP, KEIRA KNIGHTLEY and ORLANDO BLOOM - now only trails TITANIC and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING in the history books.
JAMES CAMERON's Titanic made $1.8 billion (GBP1 billion) following its release in 1997, while the concluding part of PETER JACKSON's trilogy earned $1.1 billion (GBP610 million).
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