You've likely heard many reports about the phenominal success of Pirates II last weekend. I enjoyed the flick more than many reviewers, but really didn't see their Sith-shattering performance coming. It's great news for the movie industry, but not so great for those of us insanely "cheering" for our favorite films using box-office as an arbitrary score-card.

On Tuesday, though you'd never know it, Pirates actually failed to outperform on the fastest-pace scale. Check out the best five-day openings at Box-Office Mojo.

Ta da! Sith's first five days netted $172M with Pirates 2 at $169M.

If the trend continues, then Sith's record for fastest $200M and fastest $300M should be safe... at least until the next big thing comes down in a few months. It may also mean that Pirates ends up lower on the all-time list.

On that topic... if you haven't seen the pretty-spoiler-free Ask a Ninja Pirates Review... check it out and prepare to laugh.