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July 31, 2006 — Frank Segers reports "The Walt Disney Co.'s "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" this weekend rounded out a full month as the No. 1 overseas hit, supplanting its predecessor as the 25th-biggest worldwide boxoffice smash in industry history. The international take for the frame was an estimated $55 million from 7,698 screens in 40 territories, pushing the film's international boxoffice total to $305.5 million. Combined with its domestic cume to date of $358.4 million, "Dead Man's Chest" notched a worldwide boxoffice total of $663.9 million -- $8.9 million more than the $655 million recorded by 2003's "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." A third installment, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," is expected in May. "Dead Man's Chest" also becomes the fourth-largest-grossing film on a worldwide basis ever released by Disney, trailing 2003's "Finding Nemo," 1994's "The Lion King" and last year's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."