User blog:Ceauntay/Friday Box Office: 'Sonic 5' Continues Strong With $25 Mil; 'Pirates 4' Tops With Solid $35 Mil Debut

"The fifth installment heading for $60 million while the fourth entry of the "Pirates" series will open lower than the predessors.

In its second weekend, 20th Century Fox's Sonic X: The Final Stand enters its second Friday with an estimated $25 million, giving it a 8-day cume to $188 million. It can lead up to a total of $60 million, giving a two-week cume to $220 million. A 50 percent drop will cerently happen.

The Final Stand will be further than The Shadow Snow (32 percent), Curse of Raven Radix (40 percent) and Return to Soleanna (45 percent). The Revenge of Sonic (55 percent) got the worst one yet. When Snow has the smallest drop in the franchise, it eventually remains as the lowest-grossing entry in the series.

Worldwide, the fifth installment is up to $436 million, and should be passing up to $600 million worldwide by the end of the weekend when some of the theaters internationally are expanding. Argentina opens in theaters this weekend, while some them opens at the end of the month.

Disney's fourth installment Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides returns into theaters after four years since the last title Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. From 4,155 theaters, the piracy film grossed in a solid $35 milion on its opening day, making it less half a gross of its predesessor At World's End ($42 million) and Dead Man's Chest ($55 million). Still, it's not as bad as Curse of the Black Pearl ($14 million) did. It will be opening as the second lowest Pirates entry yet taking in about $80-100 million over the weekend. Disney decided to cut off its $200 million budget to $150 million for the costs.

Overseas, it has outperformed At World's End making in $92 million, giving its global total to $127 million.

Also in its second weekend, Universial's Bridesmaids holds strong staying at the third spot taking in $6.3 million, for a cume to $44.8 million, passing its $32.5 million production budget. It should earn yet another $20 million, for a total to about $60 million.

Marvel's Thor underpeforms to $4.4 million, for a total of $134.2 million, close on pass its $150 million production budget in its third week.

In its fouth week, Universial's Fast Five is landing to the top five with $3.2 million, for a cume to $178.4 million, which is a half of $200 million.