While Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales topped the box office in its domestic debut, its three-day weekend estimated earnings of $62.2 million is the second-lowest in the history of the franchise.
The film is projected to make approximately $76 million over the four-day weekend, which includes estimated earnings up through Memorial Day. While the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise's performance has been waning domestically, the series has grown in popularity overseas. In fact, the series' fourth entry, On Stranger Tides, is the franchise's highest-grossing installment internationally with $804.6 million, despite being the first Pirates of the Caribbean film that failed to crack $300 million domestically.
As such, it stands to reason that Dead Men Tell No Tales could end up recouping its $230 million production budget (not including marketing costs) and end up being a hit for Disney, if the film performs well internationally. So far, the film has made an estimated $208.3 million abroad, which makes it the twelfth biggest opening overseas ever, but still trailing behind both On Stranger Tides and At World's End, which debuted to a whopping $260.4 million and $216 million, respectively. Dead Men Tell No Tales' worldwide opening three-day weekend total stands at an estimated $270.6 million.
Meanwhile, this weekend's other big release, Baywatch, debuted in third place. The Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron-led lifeguard drama earned an estimated $18.1 million over the three-day weekend, and is projected to finish the four-day holiday weekend with $22 million. Baywatch will have to rely on international success if it is to be profitable, as it's domestic debut is well below its initial expected figure of $40 million.
Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller Alien: Covenant, which topped the box office in its debut last week, suffered a severe decline in its second weekend, plummeting 71 percent, earning just $10.7 million. With a current domestic total of $57.3 million, it doesn't look like Covenant will end its domestic run in theaters anywhere near Prometheus $126.5 million gross, and won't likely eclipse Aliens or even Alien Vs. Predator $85.2 million and $80.3 million domestic totals.
Here are the three-day weekend's Top 10 North American box office estimates via comScore:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales $62.2 million
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $19.9 million
3. Baywatch $18.1 million
4. Alien: Covenant $10.5 million
5. Everything, Everything $6.2 million
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul $4.4 million
7. Snatched $3.9 million
8. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword $3.2 million
9. The Boss Baby $1.7 million
10. Beauty and the Beast $1.6 million
Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
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