Couldn't have better start to what could be $4 bil summer

May 30, 2007 For the answer I turned to Paul Dergarabedian, president of the Encino, Calif. based boxoffice analysis and tracking company Media by Numbers. Dergarabedian's been following boxoffice ups and downs for about 15 years and is one of the industry's most widely quoted experts. We've got three of the top five opening weekends of all time coming from May 2007 and the records that have been broken are numerous -- from top opening number of theaters to top opening weekend of all time to biggest single day to the biggest Memorial weekend ever and the biggest Memorial weekend opening ever with 'Pirates 3.'

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