Pirates overtake Norse God of Thunder

Thor has proven mighty powerful at the box office for the Marvel Studios and Paramount, but it took a Sparrow to finally defeat him. Jack Sparrow, to be specific. The fourth entry in the Johnny Depp pirate film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, looked poised as of Friday to post a dominant box office performance, garnering over $35 million on Friday receipts alone in the US. That should land Pirates, like Thor, safely into the $80-100 million box office arena by the time the weekend dust settles.

Nothing else looked to even come near the Depp-appeal movie. Bridesmaids posted a $6.3 million Friday, which should help it past the $15 million mark. Thor grabbed $4.3 million which should help keep the superhero film above the $10 million mark in its third weekend. Thor, which cost $150 million to make, has grossed $134 million in the US, and when combined with foreign box office receipts, that figure climbs to $371 million. Not shabby. That’s enough to run a lot of electric fireplaces for a long, long time.

May should close strong as The Hangover II and Kung Fu Panda 2 sequel it up as the month winds down.