Jack Sparrow (Captain Jack Sparrow, sorry) topped the box office yet again, with the fourth movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, earning $90.1 million in its first weekend. Bridesmaids held onto the number two spot, with its weekend gross of $21 million bringing its total so far to $59.5 million. Last week’s number one, Thor, fell to number three (weekend gross $15.5 million, total gross $145.4 million), while Fast Five (weekend gross $10.6 million, total gross $186.2 million) and Rio (weekend gross $4.6 million, total gross $131.6 million) rounded out the top five.
Woody Allen’s latest, Midnight in Paris, was out in limited release; Allen’s homage to the City of Light earned $578,805 in its first weekend. Other new limited releases were 35 and Ticking ($29,500), Cost of a Soul ($29,000) and Louder Than a Bomb ($5,700).
Competing with Jack Sparrow for the title of Captain of the Box Office next weekend are Kung Fu Panda 2 and The Hangover Part II, with Tuesday, After Christmas, United Red Army, Puzzle, Tied to a Chair, The Wave and We Are the Night coming out in limited release. Also out in limited release is Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, which should receive a bump after today’s announcement that it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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