Dan's Media Digest

A-harrr! Johnny Depp rules supreme on both sides of the stormy sea with the third Pirates movie, nabbing a mighty $140 million from US moviegoers alone! Mind you Shrek 3 still took a huge $67 million even in the #2 spot!

In the UK, Zodiac's doing well considering the summer blockbusters are vying for attention in the multiplexes, but I can't fathom why Lovewrecked is in the Top 10!

US TOP 10

1. Pirates Of The Caribbean - At World's End $140m
2. Shrek The Third $67m
3. Spider-Man 3 $18.1m
4. Bug $4.02m
5. Waitress $4.01m
6. 28 Weeks Later $3.28m
7. Disturbia $2.43m
8. Georgia Rule $2.41m
9. Fracture $1.65m
10. Wild Hogs $1.59

UK TOP 10

1. Pirates Of The Caribbean - At World's End £13.4m
2. Spider-Man 3 £1.2m
3. Zodiac £617k
4. 28 Weeks Later £543k
5. Bridge To Terabithia £299k
6. Magicians £154k
7. Cheeni Kum £118k
8. Jindabyne £109k
9. Lovewrecked £99k
10. Mr Bean's Holiday £87k

UK RELEASES THIS WEEK

FLYBOYS
A group of young Americans join the French military before the outbreak of WWI and become the country's first fighter pilots. Action adventure starring James Franco.

THE HITCHER
A couple give a hitch-hiker a lift and realize he's a psychotic maniac. Thriller remake starring Sean Bean.

WEDDING DAZE
After his fiancee dies, a young man is persuaded by his friends to romance a waitress a year later. Romantic comedy starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher.