Submission + - Did "Pirates" help save the 'Biz from pira
photomonkey writes: CNN.com reports that Pirates: World's End took in $142M, setting the record for a Memorial Day Weekend premiere. Hollywood's take on the weekend is reported as more than $265M, up $18M from the last Memorial Day Weekend record set in 2004.
Sales thus far into the year are at $3.6B, up 6.4% over last year's.
In the same article, an industry analyst estimates that the summer gross could reach an unprecedented $4B.
Does this mean the end of the MPAA's cries of woe over 'piracy on the intertubes'?
Sales thus far into the year are at $3.6B, up 6.4% over last year's.
In the same article, an industry analyst estimates that the summer gross could reach an unprecedented $4B.
Does this mean the end of the MPAA's cries of woe over 'piracy on the intertubes'?
