<P> During its Thursday - midnight showings, On Stranger Tides earned $4.7 million from 2,210 theaters, and $34,860,549 in total on its opening day . It earned $90,151,958 on its opening weekend, topping the weekend box office, but earning much less than its two immediate predecessors (At World's End--$114.7 million and Dead Man's Chest--$135.6 million) and the directly preceding Johnny Depp spectacle (Alice in Wonderland--$116.1 million). 3D showings accounted for only 46% of its opening - weekend gross . It closed on September 29, 2011, with a $241.1 million gross, ranking as the fifth - highest - grossing film of 2011 and the least profitable film of the franchise . However, it was the top - grossing movie during May 2011 (with $166.8 million by May 31). </P> <P> Outside North America, On Stranger Tides is the sixth - highest - grossing film, the third - highest - grossing Disney film, the second - highest - grossing 2011 film and the highest - grossing film of the Pirates of the Caribbean series . It is the highest - grossing Pirates film in at least 58 territories . </P> <P> During its opening day (Wednesday, May 18, 2011), On Stranger Tides made $18.5 million from 10 territories . It added 37 territories and $25.7 million on Thursday, for a two - day total of $44.2 million, and on Friday, it expanded to almost all countries, earning $46.2 million for a three - day total of $92.1 million . On its five - day opening weekend as a whole, it earned a then - record $260.4 million from 18,210 screens in more than 100 territories, in all which it reached first place at the box office . The record debut was surpassed later in the same summer season by Deathly Hallows Part 2 . Earnings originating from 3 - D showings accounted for 66% of the weekend gross, which was a much greater share than in North America . Its highest - grossing countries during its first weekend were Russia and the CIS ($31.42 million including previews), China ($22.3 million) and Germany ($20.53 million). It dominated for three weekends at the overseas box office despite competition from The Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda 2, and X-Men: First Class . It reached the $300, $400 and $500 - million - mark at the box office outside North America in record time (7, 11 and 14 days respectively), records first surpassed by Deathly Hallows--Part 2 . </P> <P> On Stranger Tides set opening day records in both Russia (including the CIS) and Sweden . Subsequently, it set opening - weekend records in Latin America, the Middle East, Russia, Norway, Ukraine and Turkey, still retaining the record in Russia ($26.8 million) and Ukraine ($2.15 million). Its highest - grossing market after North America is Japan ($108.9 million), followed by China ($71.8 million) and Russia and the CIS ($63.7 million). It is the highest - grossing film of 2011 in Russia and the CIS, Austria, Ukraine, Greece, Portugal and Angola, South Africa, Romania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Estonia, and Latvia . </P>

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