Pirates Fails To Claim Box Office Treasure, Comes In Fifth.... New Pirates Of The Caribbean sequel, At World'S End, appears to have fallen short of reclaiming its place in the U.S. box office record books - but Johnny Depp and his crew are still celebrating.The second sequel has scored an estimated $112.5 million (£56.25 million) in its opening weekend, although official figures won't be released until after Memorial Day (28May07).The figure, though impressive, is well below last summer's $135.6 million (£67.8 million) opening weekend take for Pirates sequel Dead Man's Chest.And it's way short of Spider-Man 3's record-breaking $151.1 million (£75.5 million) opening weekend earlier this month (May07).But the Pirates won't exactly be walking the plank - At World'sEnd scored the fifth-biggest three-day opening ever.The film has also made an additional $205.5 million internationally since it hit cinemas worldwide on Wednesday (23May07).The sequel easily tops the new U.S. box office chart, which is led by the third films in three franchises.Shrek The Third comes in second with an impressive $51 million (£25.5 million) second-weekend take, while Spider-Man 3 holds on to third place with $13.7 million (£6.85 million).

The third Spider-Man film has now notched up $303.3 million in America alone - in just a month. The movie's worldwide figure has already topped $800 million Meanwhile in other news its been revealed the films stuntman Tony Angelotti still suffers horrific nightmares after a fall on the set left him in a wheelchair.

The tough guy, who was honoured at last Sunday's (20May07) Taurus World Stunt Awards, became a human yo-yo when he fell from a ship's mast during filming on Pirates sequel At World's End, and almost snapped his pelvis.

He tells the Los Angeles Times newspaper, "I was harnessed from my side and down to my ankle on one side, so one side of me kept going and the other side stopped like a human wishbone."

Angelotti, who doubled for Johnny Depp in the Pirates movies, spent four days in intensive care after the accident and lost six units of blood. He then had to learn to walk again.

He has since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome.

He adds, "I would wake up at three in the morning and the accident would be, like, reliving in my head and I couldn't get back to sleep.

There's no explaining it."

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