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New Members of the Billionaire Boys Club: Jack Sparrow & Will Turner

Last Friday, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest crossed the 1 billion dollar mark at the global box office and is the third film in history to cross that finish line following in such great footsteps as Titanic and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Disney is justifiably proud of their accomplishment since the film has been breaking records all over the world including holding the current #1 film spot for 2006 in the U.S. box office along with the #1 in the international box office.

The Dead Man’s Chest opened in Italy yesterday and the film’s success promises even more turnout for the third film scheduled to be released in 2007. Overall, Disney has done great this year because they’ve had a number of profitable films this year including Pixar’s Cars which was actually pretty darn good and has made the names Mater, Sally and McQueen household names — at least here at home.

The following may contain some spoilers, so if you haven’t seen the movie, beware:

While I am very happy for Disney’s obvious success with the film Dead Man’s Chest — I have to wonder will the success be sustained by the third one. Like the Matrix trilogy, the second movie ended with a cliffhanger that requires a third movie to complete the actual storylines. Dead Man’s Chest does not stand fully on its own. It’s certainly a sequel in every essence of the word, requiring the first to let you know who the characters are.

The third movie is going to require a great deal of payoff to make the second one as fantastic as the reception appears to be saying it is. The Matrix trilogy, in my opinion, didn’t pay off the promise in the first two films. Since Disney happens to be pretty good at delivering on promises, magical wishes and glass slippers – chances are the third and final movie in the trilogy will deliver.

For now, here’s to Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and Jack Sparrow along with their great crew, actors, directors and writers. Did you enjoy Dead Man’s Chest?

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.