The Walt Disney Studios' 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' Sets Sail With US$142.5 Million Worldwide Bounty to Date; Film Sets New Company Global Box Office Record

The Walt Disney Studios' 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' Sets Sail With US$142.5 Million Worldwide Bounty to Date; Film Sets New Company Global Box Office Record

BURBANK, California, May 26/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," the epic new adventure from
Walt Disney Pictures, boosted its worldwide gross-to-date to US$142.5
million, and set a new record for The Walt Disney Studios at the worldwide
box office, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney
Studios Motion Picture Marketing and Distribution. Domestically, "Pirates of
the Caribbean: At World's End" sailed into Saturday ahead of last year's
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" with US$57 million at 4,362
theatres to date. Now playing in 102 international territories, "Pirates of
the Caribbean: At World's End" added US$44.4 million on Friday for a new cume
of US$85.5 million, which also stands as a Studio record.

Commenting on the announcement, Zoradi said, "Moviegoers all over the
world are turning out in record numbers to see 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At
World's End," and we're thrilled with our landmark opening day gross. This is
the biggest Friday our company has ever had and we're definitely on track to
having our best box office weekend ever. Reports continue to pour in from all
over the world as to how well this film is playing, and we're delighted that
word-of-mouth is clearly translating into record results at the box office."

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" picks up where the
record-breaking 2006 smash hit left off, with our heroes Will Turner
(Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) allied with Captain
Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow
(Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker. With the
terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman, and its commander Davy Jones
under the control of the East India Trading Company, there is havoc on the
Seven Seas. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, the
heroic trio must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront the cunning
Pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat). Now headed beyond the very ends of the earth,
each must ultimately choose a side in a final titanic battle -- as not only
their lives and fortunes, but the entire future of the freedom-loving Pirate
way hangs in the balance. The film was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and
directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay written by Ted Elliott & Terry
Rossio.

Source: The Walt Disney Studios

Heidi Trotta of The Walt Disney Studios, +1-818-560-7280

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