PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END tops the world-wide box office for 2007

Captain Jack Sparrow and his pirate cohorts ruled the worldwide box office in 2007, with PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END topping its closest competitor, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, by more than $20 million. Despite early crowing by SPIDER-MAN 3, the final tally for the year shows Spidey’s worldwide box office receipts trailing PIRATES by $70 million! Congratulations to Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, and all the talented cast and technical wizards on their amazing accomplishment. Here are the final box office figures for the top ten films of 2007:

(1) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END, $961 million; (2) HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, $938.5 million; (3) SPIDER-MAN 3, $891 million; (4) SHREK THE THIRD, $796 million; (5) TRANSFORMERS, $706 million; (6) RATATOUILLE, $615 million; (7) THE SIMPSONS MOVIE, $526 million; (8) 300, $456 million; (9) THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, $441 million; (10) LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, $382 million.

Thanks to Gilbert’s Girl for the box office update; more details can be found on the Zone’s News & Views forum. –Part-Time Poet