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Pirates of the Caribbean
PiratesDVDs.jpg
2011 UK DVD box set

Directed by
Gore Verbinski (1–3)
Rob Marshall (4)
Joachim Rønning &
Espen Sandberg (5)
Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by
Terry Rossio
Ted Elliott (1–4)
Stuart Beattie (story, 1)
Jay Wolpert (story, 1)
Jeff Nathanson (5)
Based on
Walt Disney's
Pirates of the Caribbean
Tim Powers'
On Stranger Tides (4)
Starring
Johnny Depp
Geoffrey Rush
Kevin McNally
Orlando Bloom (1-3)
Keira Knightley (1-3)
 (see below)
Music by
Hans Zimmer
Klaus Badelt (1)
Rodrigo y Gabriela (4)
Eric Whitacre (4)
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by
Walt Disney Studios
 Motion Pictures
Release dates
1: July 9, 2003
2: July 7, 2006
3: May 25, 2007
4: May 20, 2011
5: Summer 2016
Running time
600 minutes (1–4)
Country
United States
 United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
Total (4 films):
 $815,000,000–915,000,000
Box office
Total (4 films):
 $3,729,577,967
Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of fantasy adventure films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name. Directors of the series include Gore Verbinski (1–3), Rob Marshall (4), and Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg (5). The series was scripted by Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott (1–4), and Jeff Nathanson (5), with the stories following the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). The films take place in a fictional historical setting; a world ruled largely by an amalgam of alternative, evil versions of the British Empire and the East India Company, with the pirates representing freedom from the ruling powers.
The films started with their first release on the big screen in 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which received positive reviews from the critics and grossed $654 million worldwide. After the first film's success, Walt Disney Pictures revealed that a trilogy was in the works. The franchise's second film, subtitled Dead Man's Chest, was released three years later in 2006; the sequel proved successful, breaking financial records worldwide the day of its premiere. It ended up being the number one film of the year upon earning $1,066,179,725 at the worldwide box office. The third film in the series, subtitled At World's End, followed in 2007, and Disney released a fourth film, subtitled On Stranger Tides, on May 20, 2011 in conventional 2D, Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D. On Stranger Tides succeeded in grossing more than $1 billion, becoming the second film in the franchise and the eighth film in history to achieve this. So far, the film franchise has grossed $3.72 billion worldwide; it is the sixth highest-grossing film series of all-time and it was the first franchise where more than one film grossed $1 billion worldwide. A fifth film, subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales, is currently in development.



Johnny Depp in a film premiere.

Rush at a festival.

Orlando Bloom at a festival.

Knightley at the festival.
Top to bottom: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley who are all main characters of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, but only Depp and Rush reprised their roles from the previous films as Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Hector Barbossa, respectively, while Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's stories ended in the third film.


Contents  [hide]
1 Films 1.1 The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
1.2 Dead Man's Chest (2006)
1.3 At World's End (2007)
1.4 On Stranger Tides (2011)
1.5 Dead Men Tell No Tales (2016)
2 Short film 2.1 Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2008)
3 Production 3.1 First film
3.2 Second and third films
3.3 Fourth film
3.4 Fifth film
4 Principal cast
5 Crew and other
6 Reception 6.1 Box office performance
6.2 Critical response
6.3 Accolades 6.3.1 Academy Awards
6.3.2 Golden Globe Awards
6.3.3 MTV Movie Awards
6.3.4 Teen Choice Awards

7 References
8 External links

Films[edit]
The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)[edit]
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow to save his love, Elizabeth Swann, from undead pirates led by Jack's former first mate, Captain Barbossa. Jack wants revenge against Barbossa, who left him stranded on an island before stealing his ship, the Black Pearl, along with 882 pieces of cursed Aztec Gold.
Dead Man's Chest (2006)[edit]
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company arrests Will and Elizabeth for aiding Captain Jack Sparrow in the previous film. Beckett offers clemency if Will agrees to search for Jack's compass in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest – and inside, the heart of villainous Davy Jones – which would give Beckett control of the seas. However, Jack wants the Chest to escape from an unpaid debt with Jones, who raised the Black Pearl from the seabed (after it was sunk by Beckett) and made Jack captain for 13 years in exchange for 100 years of service aboard Jones' ship.
At World's End (2007)[edit]
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Lord Beckett gains power over Davy Jones, and with the help of Jones' ship, the Flying Dutchman, he is now executing his plans to extinguish piracy forever. To stand against the East India Trading Co., Will, Elizabeth, Barbossa, and the crew of the Black Pearl set out to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. As one of the Nine Pirate Lords, Jack is needed in order to summon an ancient goddess with the power to defeat Beckett's forces.
On Stranger Tides (2011)[edit]
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Captain Jack Sparrow is on a quest to find the fabled Fountain of Youth and crosses paths with a former lover, Angelica. She forces Jack aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, a ship captained by the infamous pirate Blackbeard, Angelica's father. Both are also in search of the Fountain; Angelica to save her father's soul, Blackbeard to escape a prophecy of his demise at the hands of a one-legged man. Joining the hunt is former pirate captain Barbossa, now a privateer in King George II's Navy, who is in a race against the Spanish for the Fountain.
Dead Men Tell No Tales (2016)[edit]
On May 29, 2013, it was announced that Norwegian directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg would be helming the film.[1] On August 22, 2013, it was revealed that the title of the fifth film would be Dead Men Tell No Tales, alluding to the line well-known from the Pirates of the Caribbean theme park attractions.[2][3]
On January 15, 2014, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg confirmed that shooting would start in Puerto Rico and New Orleans at the end of the year.[4] Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is hopeful that the film can be ready for summer 2016.[5]
Short film[edit]
Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2008)[edit]
Wenches Scarlett (Lauren Maher) and Giselle (Vanessa Branch) fix each other up for their wedding, in which they would each marry their groom. Upon realizing that both their grooms were the same man, Jack Sparrow, the two wenches found themselves in an auction led by the Auctioneer. The short film serves as a prequel to The Curse of the Black Pearl, explaining just why Jack Sparrow's boat the Jolly Mon was seen sinking at the beginning of the whole story, and explaining why wenches Scarlett and Giselle were so upset with him and implies how Cotton lost his tongue. The plot took inspiration from the "Auction scene" from the original ride.
The short was directed by James Ward Byrkit, and was only included as a special feature in the US 15 disc 3D Blu-ray/2D Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy box set that includes Pirates 1-4; and in the similar UK 5-disc set.
Production[edit]
First film[edit]
In the early 1990s[6] screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio conceived a supernatural spin on the pirate genre after completing work on Aladdin, but there was no interest from any studio. Undeterred, the writing team refused to give up the dream, waiting for a studio to pick up their take on a pirate tale.[7] Disney had Jay Wolpert write a script based on the Pirates of the Caribbean, which producer Jerry Bruckheimer rejected, feeling it was "a straight pirate movie".[8] Bruckheimer brought Stuart Beattie in to rewrite the script in March 2002, due to his knowledge of piracy,[9] and later that month Elliott and Rossio were brought in.[8] Elliott and Rossio, inspired by the opening narration of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, decided to give the film a supernatural edge.[10] As the budget rose, Michael Eisner and Robert Iger threatened to cancel the film, though Bruckheimer changed their minds when he showed them concept art and animatics.[11]
In June 2002 Gore Verbinski signed on to direct The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush signed on the following month to star.[9] Verbinski was attracted to the idea of using modern technology to resurrect a genre, one that had disappeared after the Golden Age of Hollywood, and recalled his childhood memories of the ride, feeling the film was an opportunity to pay tribute to the "scary and funny" tone of it. Depp was attracted to the story as he found it quirky: rather than trying to find treasure, the crew of the Black Pearl were trying to return it in order to lift their curse; also, the traditional mutiny had already taken place. Verbinski approached Rush for the role of Barbossa, as he knew he would not play it with attempts at complexity, but with a simple villainy that would suit the story's tone.[12] Orlando Bloom read the script after Rush, with whom he was working on Ned Kelly, suggested it to him.[13] Keira Knightley came as a surprise to Verbinski: he had not seen her performance in Bend It Like Beckham and was impressed by her audition.[12] Tom Wilkinson was negotiated with to play Governor Swann,[9] but the role went to Jonathan Pryce, whom Depp idolized.[12]
Shooting for The Curse of the Black Pearl began on October 9, 2002 and wrapped by March 7, 2003.[9] Before its release, many executives and journalists had expected the film to flop, as the pirate genre had not been successful for years, the film was based on a theme-park ride, and Depp rarely made a big film.[14] However, The Curse of the Black Pearl became both a critical and commercial success.
Second and third films[edit]



 Pirates of the Caribbean Sand Sculpture featuring Davy Jones and the Black Pearl
After seeing how well the first film was made, the cast and crew signed for two sequels to be shot back-to-back,[15] a practical decision on Disney's part to allow more time with the same cast and crew.[16] Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio knew that with an ensemble cast, they weren't free to invent totally different situations and characters, as with the Indiana Jones and James Bond series, and so had to retroactively turn The Curse of the Black Pearl into the first of a trilogy.[17] They wanted to explore the reality of what would happen after Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's embrace at the end of the first film, and initially considered the Fountain of Youth as the plot device.[18] They settled on introducing Davy Jones, the Flying Dutchman and the Kraken, a mythology mentioned twice in the first film. They introduced the historical East India Trading Company (also mentioned in the first film), which for them represented a counterpoint to the themes of personal freedom represented by pirates.[19]
Filming for the sequels began on February 28, 2005,[20] with Dead Man's Chest finishing on March 1, 2006,[21] and At World's End on January 10, 2007.[22] The second film was also the first Disney theatrical feature film with the current computer-generated Walt Disney Pictures logo.[23]
Fourth film[edit]
Rossio and Elliot discovered the novel On Stranger Tides during production of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End and decided to use it as the basis for a fourth film. As Gore Verbinski was unavailable, Bruckheimer invited Rob Marshall to direct the film.[24] Elliott and Rossio decided to do a standalone film,[25] with a story that would support new characters,[26] and incorporate elements from the novel, such as Blackbeard, the Fountain of Youth and mermaids—the latter two having been already alluded to in the previous films.[27] Depp, Rush, Greg Ellis and Kevin McNally returned to their roles,[28] and the cast saw the additions of Ian McShane as Blackbeard and Penélope Cruz as Angelica, Blackbeard's daughter and Jack Sparrow's love interest.[29] A further addition was Richard Griffiths as King George II of Great Britain. After the costly production of two simultaneous films, Disney tried to scale down the fourth installment, giving a lower budget,[30] which led to cheaper locations and fewer scenes with special effects.[31] It was also filmed in 3D, with cameras similar to the ones used in Avatar.[24]
Filming for On Stranger Tides began June 14, 2010 and ended on November 19, 2010.[31][32] It was released in the United States on May 20, 2011.[33]
Fifth film[edit]
In the fourth film the cast and crew were told by Disney not to occupy their time in the near future, as the studio intended to shoot a fifth and sixth film back-to-back.[34] However, it was later stated that only a fifth film was in the works. On January 14, 2011, it was confirmed that Terry Rossio would write the screenplay for the fifth installment, without his co-writer Ted Elliott, the second Jerry Bruckheimer-produced film to do so after Déjà Vu.[35] Johnny Depp said that he would be happy to return as Captain Jack Sparrow saying "As long as we can put all the puzzle pieces together, I would most definitely consider it". Jerry Bruckheimer said that the fifth film would be a stand-alone film. It was reported that Terry Rossio finished the script for the fifth film, and he had handed it to Disney executives.[36] Geoffrey Rush had commented on returning as Hector Barbossa in the fifth installment, saying "If they keep shapeshifting this character, absolutely" as well as implying he may return as the villain.[37] He also said that Barbossa's megalomania "could explode in horrific ways."[38] Speaking at the fourth film's press launch in Cannes, Depp said he would play the role for as long as it is popular with the public.[39]
In October 2011, Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed that they are working on a script.[40][41] In an interview, Kevin McNally stated that a fall 2012 production start was possible. Disney had a wishlist of directors they would like to direct, including Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, Alfonso Cuaron, Shawn Levy, Chris Weitz, and original Pirates director Gore Verbinski. Verbinski and Burton were Disney's top choices as they had both worked with Disney and Johnny Depp on numerous occasions.[42] On July 6, 2011, Johnny Depp was reported to be close to a deal for the fifth film.[43] Orlando Bloom said he would like to return for the film if he was offered.[44] There was a report by Moviehole that, when asked about the film's plot, a separate Disney contact simply said: "Will Turner's story might not be finished".[45] In August 2012 news surfaced that Johnny Depp signed on officially for the fifth film.[46] In November 2012, Sunset, the ship which played the Black Pearl and the Queen Anne's Revenge in the second, third, and the latter in the fourth film was docked into Long Beach, California from Oahu, Hawaii where On Stranger Tides was filmed, waiting for her call up.[47]
On January 11, 2013, Jeff Nathanson signed on to write the script for the film. On January 14, 2013, Disney announced that the film would be released on July 10, 2015.[48] On May 9, 2013, Disney announced its short list of directors included Fredrik Bond, Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg, and Rupert Sanders.[49] On May 29, 2013, Rønning and Sandberg were selected to direct.[50] On August 22, 2013, Rønning and Sandberg revealed that the title of the fifth film would be Dead Men Tell No Tales.[51] They also confirmed that they were working on the film, speaking highly of Jeff Nathanson's "funny and touching" script and that they are inspired by the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl.[52][53]
On September 10, 2013, Disney pushed back the film's initial 2015 release,[54] with sources indicating that a Summer 2016 release is likely.[55] Producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that script issues were behind the delay, and that Jeff Nathanson was at work on a second attempt based on a well-received outline.[56]
Since the delay, rumors have arisen regarding the film, including its plot. On September 11, 2013, Bleeding Cool revealed plot details for the film which includes a new female lead and troublemaker for Captain Jack Sparrow who is suspected of witchcraft, but is actually a scientist; two new romantic leads from farming families; a ghost in a lead role, a former member of the British military who is now sided with Captain Barbossa on a revenge mission, which gives the film its title. The film also supposedly starts with an "awkward wedding" and concludes with "a riff on the myth of the Bermuda Triangle".[57] Daily Mail later reported that Keith Richards would return as Jack Sparrow's dad Captain Teague and that the plot revolves around a search for "The Trident", which Richard's Teague holds valuable information to. Other details seem to confirm previous rumors: Christoph Waltz may play the villain named "Captain Brand", who wants the Trident so he can get his revenge on Jack, who Brand believes had turned his brother Eric into a pirate, which led to his death.[58] Bleeding Cool, when commenting the latest, says "the Waltz part is nothing like a done deal. Indeed, I’d call their story hearsay."[59][60] Another plot detail is that Jack becomes enchanted by Barbossa's daughter, Carina Smyth. Carina is a skilled astronomer who is accused of witchcraft due to her science knowledge and, according to Bleeding Cool, the studio is interested in Rebecca Hall for this role.[61]
On January 15, 2014, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg confirmed that the shooting of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales would take place in Puerto Rico and New Orleans at the end of the year.[4]
On January 19, 2014, Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook, who portrayed Pintel and Ragetti in the first three films, expressed their interests in returning for the fifth film.
Principal cast[edit]
Main article: List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters

Character
Film

The Curse of the Black Pearl
 (2003)
Dead Man's Chest
 (2006)
At World's End
 (2007)
On Stranger Tides
 (2011)
Dead Men Tell No Tales
 (2016)

Captain Jack Sparrow
Johnny Depp
Captain Hector Barbossa
Geoffrey Rush
Joshamee Gibbs
Kevin McNally
Will Turner
Orlando Bloom 
Elizabeth Swann
Keira Knightley 
James Norrington
Jack Davenport 
Governor Weatherby Swann
Jonathan Pryce 
Pintel
Lee Arenberg  
Ragetti
Mackenzie Crook  
Marty
Martin Klebba  
Cotton
David Bailie  
Scarlett
Lauren Maher  
Giselle
Vanessa Branch  
Murtogg
Giles New   Giles New  
Mullroy
Angus Barnett   Angus Barnett  
Lt. Theodore Groves
Greg Ellis   Greg Ellis  
Lieutenant Gillette
Damian O'Hare   Damian O'Hare  
Davy Jones
Mentioned Bill Nighy  
Bootstrap Bill Turner
Mentioned Stellan Skarsgård  
Lord Cutler Beckett
  Tom Hollander  
Tia Dalma (Calypso)
  Naomie Harris  
Ian Mercer
  David Schofield  
Anamaria
Zoe Saldana  
Koehler
Treva Etienne  
Grapple
Trevor Goddard  
Bo'sun
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.  
Mallot
Brye Cooper  
Captain Bellamy
  Alex Norton  
Sao Feng
  Chow Yun-fat  
Captain Teague
  Keith Richards
Angelica
  Penélope Cruz  
Blackbeard
  Ian McShane  
Philip Swift
  Sam Claflin  
Syrena
  Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey  
Scrum
  Stephen Graham  
King George II
Mentioned Richard Griffiths  
Cabin-Boy
  Robbie Kay  
The Spaniard
  Óscar Jaenada  
Salaman
  Paul Bazely  
Garheng
  Yuki Matsuzaki  
Ezekiel
  Christopher Fairbank  
King Ferdinand VI
  Sebastian Armesto  
Crew and other[edit]

Role
Film

The Curse of the Black Pearl
Dead Man's Chest
At World's End
On Stranger Tides
Dead Men Tell No Tales

Director
Gore Verbinski Rob Marshall Joachim Rønning &
Espen Sandberg[1]
Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer
Writer
Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
Stuart Beattie
Jay Wolpert Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio Jeff Nathanson & Terry Rossio
Music
Klaus Badelt Hans Zimmer Hans Zimmer with
Rodrigo y Gabriela   Hans Zimmer
Cinematographer
Dariusz Wolski
MPAA Rating
PG-13   TBA
Running time
143 minutes 150 minutes 169 minutes 136 minutes   TBA
Reception[edit]
Box office performance[edit]
All Pirates of the Caribbean films were successful at the box office, with grosses of over $600 million, and all at some point ranking among the fifty highest-grossing films of all time. Two of the films had earnings surpassing the $1 billion mark, Dead Man's Chest and On Stranger Tides,[62] becoming the first of only two franchises with two films which have earned over $1 billion, the second being the Batman series.
The Curse of the Black Pearl was the third highest-grossing 2003 film in North America (behind The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Finding Nemo) and fourth worldwide (behind The Return of the King, Finding Nemo and The Matrix Reloaded).[63] Dead Man's Chest was the most successful film of 2006 both in North America and worldwide,[64] and At World's End led the worldwide grosses in 2007, though being only fourth in North America (behind Spider-Man 3, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Shrek the Third).[65] On Stranger Tides was the third highest-grossing film of 2011 worldwide (behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon) and the fifth in North America.[66] All of the sequels broke box office records upon release, of which the most notable are the opening-weekend record in North America (Dead Man's Chest),[67] the Memorial-Day weekend record in North America (At World's End)[68] and the opening-weekend record outside North America (On Stranger Tides).[69]

Film
Release date
Revenue
Box office ranking
Budget
Reference

United States
Foreign
Worldwide
All time domestic
All time worldwide
Original worldwide record
The Curse of the Black Pearl July 9, 2003 $305,413,918 $348,850,097 $654,264,015 #39
 #94(A) #59 #46 $140,000,000 [70]
Dead Man's Chest July 7, 2006 $423,315,812 $642,863,913 $1,066,179,725 #10
 #46(A) #8 #3 $225,000,000 [71]
At World's End May 25, 2007 $309,420,425 $654,000,000 $963,420,425 #36
 #120(A) #15 #5 $300,000,000 [72]
On Stranger Tides May 20, 2011 $241,071,802 $804,642,000 $1,045,713,802 #78 #10 #6 $150,000,000–
$250,000,000 [73][74]
Dead Men Tell No Tales (In production)        
Total
$1,279,221,957
$2,450,356,010
$3,729,577,967
#8
#5

$815,000,000–
$915,000,000
[75]
List indicator(s) (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).

Critical response[edit]

Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
Yahoo! Movies
The Curse of the Black Pearl 79% (206 reviews)[76] 63 (40 reviews)[77] B- (14 reviews)[78]
Dead Man's Chest 54% (219 reviews)[79] 53 (37 reviews)[80] B- (14 reviews)[81]
At World's End 44% (218 reviews)[82] 50 (36 reviews)[83] C+ (15 reviews)[84]
On Stranger Tides 33% (255 reviews)[85] 45 (39 reviews)[86] C (11 reviews)[87]
Accolades[edit]
Main article: List of accolades received by the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
Academy Awards[edit]
Together, all the first three films were nominated for a total of 11 Academy Awards, of which a single award was won.

Award
Film

The Curse of the Black Pearl
Dead Man's Chest
At World's End
On Stranger Tides
Actor in a Leading Role Nomination
 (Johnny Depp)   
Makeup Nomination  Nomination 
Production Design  Nomination  
Sound Editing Nomination Nomination  
Sound Mixing Nomination Nomination  
Visual Effects Nomination Won Nomination 
Golden Globe Awards[edit]
Together, all the four films were nominated for a total of 2 Golden Globe Awards, of which neither were won.

Award
Film

The Curse of the Black Pearl
Dead Man's Chest
At World's End
On Stranger Tides
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Nomination
 (Johnny Depp) Nomination
 (Johnny Depp)  
MTV Movie Awards[edit]
Together, all the first three films were nominated for a total of 13 MTV Movie Awards, of which 4 were won.

Award
Film

The Curse of the Black Pearl
Dead Man's Chest
At World's End
On Stranger Tides
Best Movie Nomination Won Nomination 
Best Male Performance Won
 (Johnny Depp) Won
 (Johnny Depp)  
Best Female Performance  Nomination
 (Keira Knightley) Nomination
 (Keira Knightley) 
Best Breakthrough Female Performance Nomination
 (Keira Knightley)   
Best On-Screen Team Nomination
 (Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom)   
Best Villain Nomination
 (Geoffrey Rush) Nomination
 (Bill Nighy)  
Best Comedic Performance Nomination
 (Johnny Depp)  Won
 (Johnny Depp) 
Teen Choice Awards[edit]
Together, all the four films were nominated for a total of 25 Teen Choice Awards, of which 16 were won.

Award
Film

The Curse of the Black Pearl
Dead Man's Chest
At World's End
On Stranger Tides
Choice Movie Chemistry Won
 (Orlando Bloom & Keira Knightley)   
Choice Movie Fight/Action Sequence Won
 (Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom)   
Choice Movie Liar Won
 (Johnny Depp)   
Choice Movie Liplock Won
 (Orlando Bloom & Keira Knightley) Won
 (Orlando Bloom & Keira Knightley)  
Choice Breakout Movie Star – Female Nomination
 (Keira Knightley)   
Choice Movie Actor  Won
 (Johnny Depp) Won
 (Johnny Depp) Nomination
 (Johnny Depp)
Nomination
 (Orlando Bloom) Nomination
 (Orlando Bloom)
Choice Summer Movie  Won  
Choice Breakout Movie Scream  Won
 (Keira Knightley)  
Choice Movie  Won Won Nomination
Choice Movie: Rumble  Won
 (Orlando Bloom & Jack Davenport) Won
 (Orlando Bloom) 
Choice Hissy Fit  Won
 (Keira Knightley)  
Choice Movie Sleazebag  Won
 (Bill Nighy)  
Choice Hottie Male  Nomination
 (Orlando Bloom)  
Choice Movie Actress  Nomination
 (Keira Knightley) Won
 (Keira Knightley) Nomination
 (Penélope Cruz)
Choice Movie Villain   Won
 (Bill Nighy) Nomination
 (Ian McShane)
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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Pirates of the Caribbean:
 The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean movie.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Gore Verbinski
Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenplay by
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
Story by
Ted Elliott
 Terry Rossio
Stuart Beattie
Jay Wolpert
Based on
Walt Disney's
Pirates of the Caribbean
Starring
Johnny Depp
Geoffrey Rush
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley
Jonathan Pryce
Music by
Klaus Badelt
Cinematography
Dariusz Wolski
Editing by
Stephen E. Rivkin
Arthur Schmidt
Craig Wood
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures
Release dates
July 9, 2003

Running time
135 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$140 million[1]
Box office
$654,264,015[1]
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy adventure film based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks. It was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.[2] The story follows blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) as they rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) from the cursed crew of the Black Pearl, captained by Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush).
Jay Wolpert developed a script based on the theme park ride in 2001, and Stuart Beattie rewrote it in early 2002. Around that time, producer Jerry Bruckheimer became involved in the project; he had Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio work on the script, adding the supernatural curse to the storyline. Filming took place from October 2002 to March 2003 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and on sets constructed around Los Angeles, California.
The world premiere was held at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, on June 28, 2003. The film became the first in a series, with two back-to-back sequels, Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, released in 2006 and 2007. A fourth film, On Stranger Tides, was released in 2011 and a fifth film, Dead Men Tell No Tales, is set for a possible release in 2016.
The film received positive reviews from the critics and was an unexpected success, grossing over $654 million worldwide. Johnny Depp's portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the movie was universally praised, winning him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The Curse of the Black Pearl was also nominated for four other Academy Awards and BAFTAs.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development 3.1.1 Influence of the Monkey Island series of games
3.2 Filming and design
3.3 Music
4 Reception 4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical reception
4.3 Accolades
5 Home media
6 Sequels
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
Sailing to Port Royal, Governor Weatherby Swann, his 12-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and Lieutenant James Norrington encounters a burning shipwreck and an unconscious young boy, Will Turner. Elizabeth conceals a gold medallion worn by Will, fearing it will identify him as a pirate. The group then glimpses a ghostly pirate ship, the notorious Black Pearl, sailing away.
Eight years later, now Commodore Norrington proposes marriage to Elizabeth. However, her over-tightened corset causes her to faint before she can answer, and she falls from the fort into the bay. The gold medallion she wears as a necklace emits a pulse in the water which signals the Black Pearl. She is saved by pirate Jack Sparrow, who is in Port Royal to steal a ship. Norrington recognizes Jack as a pirate and orders his arrest. Despite his attempt at escaping that sees him encounter the grown Will, Jack is captured and jailed to await his execution.
That night, the Pearl and its immortal crew besieges Port Royal. Drawn to her necklace, the pirates capture Elizabeth and return with her to the Pearl. Believing she has been kidnapped as the Governor's daughter, she conceals her identity by identifying herself as Elizabeth Turner. In exchange for the medallion, Captain Barbossa stops the attack on Port Royal, but keeps Elizabeth.
Will, who loves Elizabeth, persuades Jack to help him rescue her. Jack agrees after learning that Will's surname is Turner. Will and Jack commandeer HMS Interceptor and recruit a crew in Tortuga. With help from Jack's old friend, Joshamee Gibbs, they set sail for the remote Isla de Muerta, where the Pearl ports.
Will learns that ten years earlier, Jack was the Black Pearl's captain, on a quest for Aztec gold, when his first mate, Barbossa, mutinied and marooned Jack on an island, leaving him with a pistol and a single shot, intended for suicide. Jack escaped three days later, keeping the pistol and bullet to kill Barbossa. Meanwhile, Barbossa's crew found and spent the treasure but learned too late that it was cursed, leaving them unable to satisfy their desires, and turning them into immortal skeletal beings whose true forms are revealed under moonlight. The curse can be lifted if the gold is returned, with a sacrifice of each pirate's blood. William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, Jack's only supporter during the mutiny, sent a coin to his son, Will, believing the crew should remain cursed. Barbossa had Bootstrap tied to a cannon and thrown overboard, before realizing that his blood was needed to break the curse.
At Isla de Muerta, Barbossa, believing Elizabeth is Bootstraps' child, anoints the last coin with her blood, but the curse remains. After reaching the island, Will suspects Jack may betray him and knocks him out. Will rescues Elizabeth and they escape to the Interceptor, leaving Jack behind. Jack barters with Barbossa, offering Will in exchange for the Pearl, but Barbossa rejects his offer and pursues Interceptor, sinking the ship and imprisoning its crew. Will reveals that he is Bootstrap's son and demands that Elizabeth and the crew be freed, or he will shoot himself and fall overboard. Barbossa agrees, but maroons Elizabeth and Jack on the same island Jack had been left on ten years earlier. Elizabeth discovers how Jack escaped before: the island was used as a cache by rum runners and Jack bartered passage.
Elizabeth burns the cache of rum to create a signal that Norrington's ship spots. She convinces Norrington to rescue Will by accepting his marriage proposal. Norrington locks Elizabeth in his cabin in order to keep her safe. Returning to Isla de Muerta, Norrington sets an ambush while Jack persuades Barbossa to form an alliance, telling him to delay breaking the curse until they have taken Norrington's ship, HMS Dauntless. Jack's plan goes awry when Barbossa orders his undead crew to infiltrate the Dauntless from underwater. Meanwhile, Elizabeth escapes and sneaks aboard the Pearl to free Jack's crew. They leave with the Pearl while Elizabeth heads to the island alone to save Will. Jack duels with Barbossa, and is seemingly killed. However, Barbossa discovers that Jack is also immortal; he had stolen one of the medallions while talking to Barbossa.
Meanwhile, Norrington and his men fight the cursed pirates. When Barbossa attempts to kill Elizabeth, Jack shoots Barbossa as Will drops the last two medallions, stained with his and Jack's blood, into the chest. Now mortal, Barbossa collapses and dies. The remaining cursed pirates aboard Dauntless surrender. Despite the victory, Jack is arrested and condemned to death.
At Port Royal, Will attempts to rescue Jack at a public hanging. Both are captured. Jack manages to escape, jumping into the ocean and swims to the newly repaired Black Pearl, which is sailing nearby. Will is pardoned by Governor Swann and allowed to marry Elizabeth. The Pearl's crew pulls Jack from the water, appointing him captain. The film ends with Jack looking at his compass while singing "A Pirate's Life for Me".
In a post credits scene, Jack, Barbossa's pet monkey, steals a gold coin from the chest, thus cursing itself once again.
Cast[edit]
See List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters.
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow:
The role was originally written especially for Hugh Jackman, thus the name "Jack Sparrow"; however, he was not well known outside of his native Australia, so Disney cast the more famous Depp as Jack.[3] Depp found the script quirky: rather than trying to find treasure, the crew of the Black Pearl were trying to return it in order to lift their curse; also, the traditional mutiny had already taken place.[4] Initially Sparrow was, according to Bruckheimer, "a young Burt Lancaster, just the cocky pirate." At the first read-through, Depp surprised the rest of the cast and crew by portraying the character in an off-kilter manner.[5] After researching 18th-century pirates, Depp compared them to modern rock stars and decided to base his performance on Keith Richards, who would later appear as Jack's father in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.[6] Although Verbinski and Bruckheimer had confidence in Depp, partly because it would be Bloom who was playing the traditional Errol Flynn-type,[4] Disney executives were confused, asking Depp whether the character was drunk or gay, and Michael Eisner even proclaimed while watching rushes, "He's ruining the film!"[5] Depp answered back, "Look, these are the choices I made. You know my work. So either trust me or give me the boot."[6]Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa:
Verbinski approached Rush for the role of Barbossa, as he knew he could hint at the subtle complexities of the character while still portraying a simple villainy that would suit the story's tone.[4]Orlando Bloom as Will Turner:
Bloom read the script after Geoffrey Rush, with whom he was working on Ned Kelly, suggested it to him.[7]Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann:
Knightley came as a surprise to Verbinski; he had not seen her performance in Bend It Like Beckham and was impressed by her audition.[4]Jack Davenport as Commodore James Norrington:
Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs:
Jack Sparrow's friend and first mate, he was once a sailor for the Royal Navy.Zoe Saldana as Anamaria:
A female pirate who signs up to join Will Turner and Mr. Gibbs for a chance to confront Jack Sparrow for stealing her ship.Jonathan Pryce as Governor Weatherby Swann:
Tom Wilkinson was negotiated with to play the part,[8] but the role went to Pryce, whom Depp idolized.[4]Damian O'Hare as Lieutenant Gillette
Gillette is the second-in-command to Commodore Norrington.Treva Etienne as Koehler:
Michael Berry Jr. as Twigg:
Lee Arenberg as Pintel:
A pirate aboard the Black Pearl who, with Ragetti (see below), serves as comic relief for most of the film. He and Ragetti dress up as women to provide the distraction that allows the cursed pirates to board the Dauntless near the end of the movie.Mackenzie Crook as Ragetti:
A pirate aboard the Black Pearl, Pintel's buddy, with a wooden eye that never seems to stay in place.David Bailie as Cotton:
A sailor who had his tongue cut out, is now mute and has a macaw to talk for him.Christopher S. Capp as Mr. Cotton's Parrot.
Martin Klebba as Marty:
A dwarf pirate who also lived in Tortuga until hired by Jack and Will to rescue Elizabeth.Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as Bo'sun:
The bo'sun of the Black Pearl, and under Barbossa's command. He fought with Lieutenant Gillette during the battle of Isla de Muerta.Giles New as Murtogg:
Murtogg is a dutiful but daft Royal Marine. He serves under the command of Commodore Norrington.Angus Barnett as Mullroy:
Mullroy is a dutiful but daft Royal Marine.Greg Ellis as Lieutenant Theodore Groves:
The lieutenant who said "That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen." to Commodore Norrington on Sparrow.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
During the early 1990s, screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio began to think of a supernatural spin on the pirate genre.[9] Disney had Jay Wolpert write a script based on the ride in 2001, which was based on a story created by the executives Brigham Taylor, Michael Haynes, and Josh Harmon. This story featured Will Turner as a prison guard who releases Sparrow to rescue Elizabeth, who is being held for ransom money by Captain Blackheart. The studio was unsure whether to release the film in theaters or direct-to-video. The studio was interested in Matthew McConaughey as Sparrow because of his resemblance to Burt Lancaster, who had inspired that script's interpretation of the character. If they chose to release it direct-to-video, Christopher Walken or Cary Elwes would have been their first choices.[10] Stuart Beattie was brought in to rewrite the script in March 2002, because of his knowledge of piracy.[8]
When Dick Cook managed to convince producer Jerry Bruckheimer to join the project,[10] he rejected the script because it was "a straight pirate movie."[6] Later in March 2002, he brought Elliott and Rossio,[6] who suggested making a supernatural curse – as described in the opening narration of the ride – the film's plot.[11] In May 2002, Gore Verbinski signed on to direct Pirates of the Caribbean.[8] He was attracted to the idea of using modern technology to resurrect a genre that had disappeared after the Golden Age of Hollywood and recalled his childhood memories of the ride, feeling the film was an opportunity to pay tribute to the "scary and funny" tone of it.[4]
Although Cook had been a strong proponent of adapting Disney's rides into films, the box office failure of The Country Bears made Michael Eisner attempt to shut down production of Pirates of the Caribbean. However, Verbinski told his concept artists to keep working on the picture, and when Eisner came to visit, the executive was astonished by what had been created. As recalled in the book DisneyWar, Eisner pondered "Why does it have to cost so much?" Bruckheimer replied, "Your competition is spending $150 million," referring to franchises like The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix. Eisner concurred, but with the stigma attached to theme-park adaptations, Eisner requested Verbinski and Bruckheimer remove some of the more overt references to the ride in the script, such as a scene where Sparrow and Turner enter the cave via a waterfall.[12]
Influence of the Monkey Island series of games[edit]
Ted Elliott was allegedly writing a Steven Spielberg-produced animated film adaptation of The Curse of Monkey Island, which was cancelled before its official announcement, three years prior to the release of The Curse of the Black Pearl.[13] This film was allegedly in production at Industrial Light and Magic before being cancelled.
Ron Gilbert, the creator of the Monkey Island series, has jokingly expressed a bitterness towards Pirates of the Caribbean, specifically the second film, for its similarities to his game.[14] Gilbert has also stated that On Stranger Tides, a novel by Tim Powers which was adapted into the fourth film, was the principal source of inspiration for his video games.[15]
Filming and design[edit]
Verbinski did not want an entirely romanticized feel to the film: he wanted a sense of historical fantasy. Most of the actors wore prosthetics and contact lenses. Depp had contacts that acted as sunglasses, while Rush and Lee Arenberg wore dulled contacts that gave a sinister feel to the characters. Mackenzie Crook wore two contacts to represent his character's wooden eye: a soft version, and a harder version for when it protrudes. In addition, their rotten teeth and scurvy skin were dyed on,[16] although Depp did have gold teeth added, which he forgot to remove after filming.[17] Depp also used a genuine pistol which was made in 1760 in London, which the crew bought from a dealer in Connecticut.[16] A number of swords were built for the production by blacksmith, Tony Swatton.[18] The crew spent five months creating the cavern in which Barbossa and the Black Pearl crew attempt to reverse their curse,[9] filling it with five feet of water, 882 Aztec coins, and some gold paint on the styrofoam rocks for more impressions of treasure. The crew also built the fortress at Port Royal in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and Governor Swann's palace was built at Manhattan Beach.[16] A fire broke in September 2002, causing $525,000 worth of damage, though no one was injured.[19]



 The barge used for the Dauntless
The filmmakers chose St. Vincent as their primary shooting location, as it contained the quietest beach they could find, and built three piers and a backlot for Port Royal and Tortuga.[16] Of most importance to the film were the three ships: the Black Pearl, the Dauntless, and the Interceptor. For budget reasons, the ships were built on docks, with only six days spent in the open sea for the battle between the Black Pearl and the Interceptor.[20] The Dauntless and the Black Pearl were built on barges, with computer-generated imagery finishing the structures. The Black Pearl was also built on the Spruce Goose stage, in order to control fog and lighting.[16] The Interceptor was a re-dressed Lady Washington, a full-scale replica sailing ship from Aberdeen, Washington, fully repainted before going on a 40-day voyage beginning December 2, 2002, arriving on location on January 12, 2003.[21] A miniature was also built for the storm sequence.[16]
Shooting began on October 9, 2002 and wrapped by March 2003.[8] The quick shoot was only marred by two accidents: as Jack Sparrow steals the Interceptor, three of the ropes attaching it to the Dauntless did not break at first, and when they did snap, debris hit Depp's knee, though he was not injured, and the way the incident played out on film made it look like Sparrow merely ducks. A more humorous accident was when the boat Sparrow was supposed to arrive in at Port Royal sank.[4] In October, the crew was shooting scenes at Rancho Palos Verdes, by December they were shooting at Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in January they were at the cavern set at Los Angeles.[22] The script often changed with Elliott and Rossio on set, with additions such as Gibbs (Kevin McNally) telling Will how Sparrow allegedly escaped from an island – strapping two turtles together with rope made of his back hair – and Pryce was written into the climactic battle to keep some empathy for the audience.[4]
Because of the quick schedule of the shoot, Industrial Light & Magic immediately began visual effects work. While the skeletal forms of the pirates revealed by moonlight take up relatively little screentime, the crew knew their computer-generated forms had to convince in terms of replicating performances and characteristics of the actors, or else the transition would not work. Each scene featuring them was shot twice: a reference plate with the actors, and then without them to add in the skeletons,[9] an aesthetic complicated by Verbinski's decision to shoot the battles with handheld cameras.[4] The actors also had to perform their scenes again on the motion capture stage.[16] With the shoot only wrapping up four months before release, Verbinski spent 18-hour days on the edit,[4] while at the same time spending time on 600 effects shots, 250 of which were merely removing modern sailboats from shots.[23]
Music[edit]
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (soundtrack)
Verbinski managed the score with Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer, who headed 15 composers to finish it quickly.[4] Alan Silvestri, who had collaborated with Verbinski on Mouse Hunt and The Mexican, was set to compose the score, but Bruckheimer decided to go with Zimmer's team instead, who were frequent collaborators of his productions. Silvestri left the production before recording any material.[24]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
The film was a big success. However, before its release, many journalists expected Pirates of the Caribbean to be a flop. The pirate genre had not been successful for years, with Cutthroat Island (1995) a notable flop. The film was also based on a theme park ride, and Johnny Depp, known mostly for starring in cult films, had little track record as a box office leading man.[25] Walt Disney Pictures also took a big risk in allowing it to be the first PG-13 rated film by the studio, with one executive noting that she found the film too intense for her five-year old child, because it was rated PG-13.[6] Nonetheless, the studio was confident enough to add The Curse of the Black Pearl subtitle to the film in case sequels were made,[8] and to attract older children. Verbinski disliked the new title because it is the Aztec gold rather than the ship that is cursed, so he requested the title to be unreadable on the poster.[12] Their confidence paid off: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl opened at #1, grossing $46,630,690 in its opening weekend and $70,625,971 since its Wednesday launch. It eventually made its way to $654,264,015 worldwide ($305,413,918 domestically and $348,850,097 overseas), becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2003.[1]
Overseas, it dominated for seven consecutive weekends at the box office,[26] tying the record of Men in Black II at the time.[27] Only three movies after that broke the record, its sequel, Dead Man's Chest, (with nine consecutive #1 weekends and ten in total),[28] Avatar (with 11 consecutive #1 weekends)[29] and The Smurfs (with eight consecutive #1 weekends).[30] It is currently the 71st-highest-grossing film of all time.[31]
Critical reception[edit]
The film has received mostly positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 79% of 206 sampled critics gave the film positive reviews and that it received a rating average of 7.1/10.[32] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 63 based on 40 reviews.[33] Alan Morrison of Empire felt it was "the best blockbuster of the summer," acclaiming all the comic performances despite his disappointment with the swashbuckling sequences.[34] Roger Ebert acclaimed Depp and Rush's performances, with "It can be said that [Depp's] performance is original in its every atom. There has never been a pirate, or for that matter a human being, like this in any other movie... his behavior shows a lifetime of rehearsal." However, he felt the film went for too long,[35] a criticism shared by Kenneth Turan's negative review, feeling it "spends far too much time on its huge supporting cast of pirates (nowhere near as entertaining as everyone assumes) and on bloated adventure set pieces," despite having also enjoyed Depp's performance.[36]
Accolades[edit]
See also: List of accolades received by the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
For his performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp won several awards, including Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Best Male Performance at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards, and Best Actor at the 9th Empire Awards. He was also nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 61st Golden Globe Awards, Best Actor at the 57th British Academy Film Awards, and Best Actor at the 76th Academy Awards, in which The Curse of the Black Pearl was also nominated for Make-up, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects.[37] Awards won by Curse of the Black Pearl include Best Make-up/Hair at the 57th British Academy Film Awards, Saturn Award for Best Costumes, Golden Reel Award for Sound Editing, two VES Awards for Visual Effects, and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture.[38]
American Film Institute ListsAFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)—Nominated[39]
AFI's 10 Top 10 – Fantasy—Nominated[40]
Home media[edit]
The DVD and VHS editions of the film were released five months after the theatrical release, December 2, 2003,[41] with 11 million copies sold in the first week, a record for live action video.[42] It earned $235,300,000 from DVDs as of January 2004.[43] The DVD featured two discs, featuring three commentary tracks (Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski; Jerry Bruckheimer, Keira Knightley and Jack Davenport; and the screenwriter team), various deleted scenes and documentaries, and a 1968 Disneyland episode about the theme park ride.[41] A special three-disc edition was released in November 2004.[44]
A PSP release of the film followed on April 19, 2005.[45] The high-definition Blu-ray Disc version of the film was released on May 22, 2007.[46] This movie was also among the first to be sold at the iTunes music store.[47]
Sequels[edit]
The film spun-off three sequels, with a fourth sequel set to be released in 2016. The first two were back-to-back sequels in 2006 and 2007, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, respectively. The third sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, was released in 2011. The fourth sequel was revealed to be called, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.[48][49][50] Production is slated to begin in October 2014 for a summer 2016 release.[51] It is to be directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg.[49][50][52]
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
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Pirates of the Caribbean:
 Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the caribbean 2 poster b.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Gore Verbinski
Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
Based on
Walt Disney's
Pirates of the Caribbean
Characters:
 Ted Elliott
 Terry Rossio
Stuart Beattie
Jay Wolpert
Starring
Johnny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley
Stellan Skarsgård
Bill Nighy
Jack Davenport
Kevin R. McNally
Jonathan Pryce
Music by
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography
Dariusz Wolski
Editing by
Stephen E. Rivkin
Craig Wood
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures
Release dates
July 7, 2006

Running time
151 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$225 million[1]
Box office
$1,066,179,725[1]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American fantasy adventure film and the second film of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, following Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). It was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In the film, the marriage of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who wants Turner to acquire the compass of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest. Sparrow discovers his debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) is due.
Two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were conceived in 2004, with Elliott and Rossio developing a story arc that would span both films. Filming took place from February to September 2005 in Palos Verdes, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and The Bahamas, as well as on sets constructed at Walt Disney Studios. It was shot back-to-back with the third film of the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was released in the United States on July 7, 2006. The film received mixed to positive reviews, with praise for its special effects and criticism for its plot and running time. Despite this, it set several records in its first three days, with an opening weekend of $136 million in the United States, and it was, at the time, the fastest film ever to gross over $1 billion in the worldwide box office.[2] As of May 2013, it ranks as the 10th highest-grossing film of all time worldwide and held the record as the highest-grossing film released by the Walt Disney Studios for nearly six years until it was surpassed by The Avengers (though Dead Man's Chest still ranks as the highest grossing film released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner). The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and won the Academy Award for Visual Effects.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
3.3 Special effects
4 Release 4.1 Home media
5 Reception 5.1 Critical reception
5.2 Box office
5.3 Accolades
6 Video game
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
The wedding of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company, who has arrest warrants for them after they aided Captain Jack Sparrow escaping execution a year ago. He has a third warrant for Commodore James Norrington, for delaying the pursuit of Sparrow, but he resigned from his position and disappeared months prior. Elizabeth is imprisoned, and Beckett sends Will to find Jack's magic compass, which points to whatever the holder wants the most at the time, in exchange for Letters of Marque which will make Jack a British privateer and ensure Will and Elizabeth's pardon. Shortly after Will leaves, Governor Swann, Elizabeth's father, tries to flee Port Royal with her, but he is arrested by Beckett's aide Mercer, and Beckett allows Elizabeth to go after Will, giving her the Letters of Marque.
Jack escapes a Turkish prison after acquiring a drawing of a key he desires, but his compass fails to provide him a heading. In the brig of the Black Pearl, Jack reunites with Will's father Bootstrap Bill, who joined the crew of Davy Jones to escape his fate trapped on the seabed. Bootstrap reminds Jack of the deal he made with Jones thirteen years ago to raise the Black Pearl from the depths, and now he must either join his crew or be dragged to Jones’ Locker by his "pet", the Kraken. The panicked Jack gets his crew to take the ship to land, ending up on Pelegosto where he is praised as a god by the cannibalistic locals who intend on eating him. Will arrives on the island and is taken captive, but he and other surviving crew members escape to the Black Pearl, followed swiftly by Jack, and are joined by Pintel and Ragetti who escaped prison. The crew visit voodoo priestess Tia Dalma, Jack's old flame, who reveals the key unlocks the Dead Man's Chest, which Jones put his own heart into after being betrayed by his lover centuries ago. Tia Dalma tells Jack where to find Jones’ ship the Flying Dutchman and gives him a jar of dirt as a weapon, since Jones can only step on land once every ten years.
Jack forces Will onto a shipwreck, only for the actual Flying Dutchman to emerge from the ocean and he is taken prisoner onboard by Jones and his fish-like crew. Jones confronts Jack, who makes a deal to break his debt if he brings Jones one-hundred souls in three days but Will has to stay on the Dutchman where he reunites with his father. Learning Will made no pledge to serve Jones, Bootstrap helps him escape the ship, Will stealing the key from Jones while he sleeps in his cabin. Will promises to use the heart to free his father. Jack goes to Tortuga to recruit new crewmates, meeting with Elizabeth, who stowed away on the Edinburgh Trader merchant ship, and Norrington, who has become a drunkard following his resignation and losing his ship and crew whilst chasing Jack through a hurricane. Both join the Black Pearl, Jack realising that if Beckett gains Jones’ heart then he will rule the seas. Norrington eavesdrops, planning to get the heart in order to regain his life and honour, and earn his title from Lord Beckett as admiral. Will hitches a ride on the Edinburgh Trader, which is destroyed by the Kraken, and Jones realises Jack is after the chest.
All parties arrive on Isla Cruces, and Elizabeth and Will kiss since they have found each other at last, but a three-way sword fight breaks out between Jack, Will and Norrington to pursue their own goals, but Jones’ crew also fight Elizabeth, Pintel and Ragetti. In the chaos, Jack unlocks the chest, removes the heart, and hides it in the jar of dirt, only for Norrington to secretly remove it and then pretends to sacrifice himself by drawing the Dutchman crew off with the chest, which he gives to them. Jack, Will, Elizabeth and the Black Pearl crew are confronted by the Flying Dutchman but the Black Pearl is able to outrun it. Jones summons the Kraken which traps the Black Pearl. Jack discovers the heart is missing and attempts to abandon his crew, but returns when he sees the Kraken destroying the ship, and wounds the Kraken with a net full of explosives. Jack orders the survivors to abandon ship, only for Elizabeth to chain him to the mast by kissing him so the others can escape. Will sees this and misunderstands, thinking that Elizabeth actually loves Jack and is jealous because he loves her himself. Jack manages to escape, but confronts the Kraken and charges into its mouth to kill it, but it drags the Black Pearl to the Locker.
Jones discovers his heart is missing. Norrington reaches Port Royal, presenting the heart to Beckett. Will, Elizabeth, Gibbs, Pintel, Ragetti, Marty and Cotton return to Tia Dalma's house, where she asks if they wish to rescue Jack from the locker, to which they agree. Tia Dalma comments they will need a captain who is familiar with the waters. The aforementioned captain appears, and to their surprise it is revealed to be the resurrected Captain Barbossa, who asks what has become of "his" ship.
In a post-credits scene, the Port Royal prison guard dog is made the new chief of the cannibals at Pelegosto, and all the cannibals start acting like him.
Cast[edit]
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow: Captain of the Black Pearl. He is hunted by the Kraken because of his unpaid blood debt to Davy Jones. He is also searching for the Dead Man's Chest to free himself from Jones' servitude.
Orlando Bloom as Will Turner: A blacksmith-turned-pirate who is trying to retrieve Jack's compass for Lord Beckett in order to secure freedom for himself and Elizabeth.
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann: Governor Swann's daughter and Will's fiancée, who is arrested on her wedding day for helping Captain Jack Sparrow escape. Escaping jail with help from her father, she meets up with Jack in Tortuga and joins his crew to search for both Will and the chest.
Jack Davenport as James Norrington: He resigned his commission as Commodore in the Royal Navy after losing his ship and crew in a hurricane in the pursuit of Jack Sparrow and his crew. Fallen on hard times and into alcoholism, he joins the Black Pearl's crew and seeks to regain his honor and Naval career.
Stellan Skarsgård as Bootstrap Bill Turner: A crewman aboard the Flying Dutchman who also happens to be Will Turner's father. He was once part of Hector Barbossa's crew. When they went to give mutiny to Jack, he disagreed. Thrown overboard after refusing to take part in the mutiny against Jack led by Barbossa, he spent years bound to a cannon beneath the crushing ocean, though before this, he sent one piece of the Aztec Gold to his son, Will, saying they all deserved to be cursed. Found by Davy Jones, he swore to servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman crew and escaped death. This story was told by Pintel to Will and Jack's crew in the first movie.
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones: Captain of the Flying Dutchman. Davy Jones was once a human being who was unable to bear the pain of losing his true love. He carved out his heart and put it into the Dead Man's Chest, then buried it in a secret location. He has become a bizarre creature – part octopus, part lobster, part man. Jones collects the souls of dead or dying sailors to serve aboard his ship for one hundred years.
Kevin R. McNally as Joshamee Gibbs: The Black Pearl's first mate and Jack Sparrow's loyal friend, he once served in the Royal Navy under Lieutenant James Norrington.
Jonathan Pryce as Governor Weatherby Swann: Elizabeth's father and governor of Port Royal. He adores his daughter but puts little faith in Will – not considering him the best match for Elizabeth.
Lee Arenberg as Pintel: A pirate and former Black Pearl crew member under Captain Barbossa, he was imprisoned after the Aztec curse was broken, but escaped to rejoin Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl crew.
Mackenzie Crook as Ragetti: Pintel's inseparable crewmate. He has a wooden eye, and despite being illiterate, has begun "reading" the Bible, with the excuse that "you get credit for trying."
Tom Hollander as Lord Cutler Beckett: Sarcastic chairman of the East India Trading Company, he travels to Port Royal to capture and recruit Jack Sparrow as a privateer. What he really desires is Davy Jones' heart, with which he can rule the seas with Jones' commanded servitude.
Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma: An obeah priestess whom Jack Sparrow bartered with for his magic compass. She explains the legend of Davy Jones, in addition to owning a similar locket to his.
David Bailie as Cotton: A sailor on the Black Pearl who lost his tongue and trained his parrot Tiki Macaw to talk for him.
Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa: The ex-captain of the Black Pearl is resurrected during this film; however, he does not appear until the final scene. Having met his demise in the previous installment, Barbossa is resurrected by the character Tia Dalma and agrees to rescue Jack Sparrow in order to save the Black Pearl. For this role, Rush was uncredited to keep his return a surprise and the DVD commentary said that not even the cast of the movie knew that Rush confirmed desire to reprise his character more often and that the expressions on the characters' faces when seeing him for the first time in 3 years were real.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Following the success of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), the cast and crew signed on for two more sequels to be shot back-to-back,[3] a practical decision on Disney's part to allow more time with the same cast and crew.[4] Writer Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio decided not to make the sequels new adventures featuring the same characters, as with the Indiana Jones and James Bond series, but to retroactively turn The Curse of the Black Pearl into the first of a trilogy.[5] They wanted to explore the reality of what would happen after Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's embrace at the end of the first film, and initially considered the Fountain of Youth as the plot device.[6] They settled on introducing Davy Jones, the Flying Dutchman and the Kraken. They also introduced the historical East India Trading Company, who for them represented a counterpoint to the themes of personal freedom represented by pirates.[7]
Planning on the film began in June 2004, and production was much larger than The Curse of the Black Pearl, which was only shot on location in St. Vincent.[8] This time, the sequels would require fully working ships, with a working Black Pearl built over the body of an oil tanker in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. By November, the script was still unfinished as the writers did not want director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to compromise what they had written, so Verbinski worked with James Byrkit to storyboard major sequences without need of a script, while Elliott and Rossio wrote a "preparatory" script for the crew to use before they finished the script they were happy with. By January 2005, with rising costs and no script, Disney threatened to cancel the film, but changed their minds. The writers would accompany the crew on location, feeling that the lateness of their rewrites would improve the spontaneity of the cast's performances.[6]
Filming[edit]



 The two bone cages used in one of the opening scenes of the film. The cages are now located on an attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Filming for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest began on February 28, 2005,[9] in Palos Verdes, beginning with Elizabeth's ruined wedding day.[6] The crew spent the first shooting days at Walt Disney Studios in Los Angeles, including the interiors of the Black Pearl and the Edinburgh Trader which Elizabeth stows away on,[9] before moving to St. Vincent to shoot the scenes in Port Royal and Tortuga. Sets from the previous film were reused, having survived three hurricanes, although the main pier had to be rebuilt as it had collapsed in November. The crew had four tall ships at their disposal to populate the backgrounds, which were painted differently on each side for economy.[4] One of the ships used was the replica of the HMS Bounty used in the 1962 film adaptation of Mutiny on the Bounty.[10][11]
On April 18, 2005,[12] the crew began shooting at Dominica, a location Verbinski had selected as he felt it fitted the sense of remoteness he was looking for.[6] That was exactly the problem during production: the Dominican government were completely unprepared for the scale of a Hollywood production, with the 500-strong crew occupying around 90% of the roads on the island and having trouble moving around on the underdeveloped roads. The weather also alternated between torrential rainstorms and hot temperatures, the latter of which was made worse for the cast who had to wear period clothing. At Dominica, the sequences involving the Pelegosto and the forest segment of the battle on Isla Cruces were shot. Verbinski preferred to use practical props for the giant wheel and bone cage sequences, feeling long close-up shots would help further suspend the audience's disbelief.[4] Dominica was also used for Tia Dalma's shack. Filming on the island concluded on May 26, 2005.[13]
The crew moved to a small island called White Cay in the Bahamas for the beginning and end of the Isla Cruces battle,[4] before production took a break until August, where in Los Angeles the interiors of the Flying Dutchman were shot.[14] On September 18, 2005,[15] the crew moved to Grand Bahama Island to shoot ship exteriors, including the working Black Pearl and Flying Dutchman. Filming there was a tumultuous period, starting with the fact that the tank had not actually been finished. The hurricane season caused many pauses in shooting, and Hurricane Wilma damaged many of the accessways and pumps, though no one was hurt nor were any of the ships destroyed.[4] Filming completed on September 10, 2005.[16]
Special effects[edit]



 The three stages of animating Bill Nighy's character.
The Flying Dutchman's crew members were originally conceived by writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio as ghosts, but Gore Verbinski disliked this and designed them as physical creatures.[17] Their hierarchy is reflected by how mutated they were: newcomers had low level infections which resemble rosacea, while the most mutated had full-blown undersea creature attributes. Verbinski wanted to keep them realistic, rejecting a character with a turtle shell, and the animators watched various David Attenborough documentaries to study the movement of sea anemones and mussels.[18] All of the crew are computer-generated, with the exception of Stellan Skarsgård, who played "Bootstrap" Bill Turner. Initially his prosthetics would be augmented with CGI but that was abandoned.[19] Skarsgård spent four hours in the make-up chair and was dubbed "Bouillabaisse" on set.[20]
Captain Davy Jones had originally been designed with chin growths, before the designers made the move to full-blown tentacles;[21] the skin of the character incorporates the texture of a coffee-stained Styrofoam cup among other elements. To portray Jones on set, Bill Nighy wore a motion capture tracksuit that meant the animators at Industrial Light & Magic did not have to reshoot the scene in the studio without him or on the motion capture stage. Nighy wore make-up around his eyes and mouth to splice into the computer-generated shots, but the images of his eyes and mouth were not used. Nighy only wore a prosthetic once, with blue-colored tentacles for when Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) steals the key to the Dead Man's Chest from under his "beard" as he sleeps. To create the CG version of the character, the model was closely based on a full-body scan of Nighy, with Jones reflecting his high cheekbones. Animators studied every frame of Nighy's performance: the actor himself had blessed them by making his performance more quirky than expected, providing endless fun for them. His performance also meant new controls had to be stored. Finally, Jones' tentacles are mostly a simulation, though at times they were hand-animated when they act as limbs for the character.[22]
The Kraken was difficult to animate as it had no real-life reference, until animation director Hal Hickel instructed the crew to watch King Kong vs. Godzilla which had a real octopus crawling over miniatures.[23] On the set, two pipes filled with 30,000 pounds of cement were used to crash and split the Edinburgh Trader: Completing the illusion are miniature masts and falling stuntmen shot on a bluescreen stage. The scene where the Kraken spits at Jack Sparrow does not use computer-generated spit: it was real gunge thrown at Johnny Depp.[24]
Release[edit]



 Johnny Depp at the London premiere for the film in July 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest premiered at Disneyland in California on June 24, 2006. It was the first Disney film to use the new computer-generated Walt Disney Pictures production logo, which took a year for the studio to design.[25] Weta Digital was responsible for the logo's final animated rendering and Mark Mancina was hired to score a new composition of "When You Wish Upon A Star".[25]
Home media[edit]
The film became available on DVD on December 5, 2006 for Region 1 and sold 9,498,304 units in its first week of sales (equivalent to $174,039,324). In total it sold 16,694,937 units, earning $320,871,909. It was the best-selling DVD of 2006 in terms of units sold and second in terms of sales revenue behind The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.[26]
The versions for Regions 2 and 4 had already been released on November 15, 2006 and November 20, 2006, respectively.[27] The DVD, incompatible with some Region 1 hardware DVD Players due to the use of ARccOS Protection, came in single and two-disc versions. Both contained a commentary track with the screenwriters and a gag reel, with the double-disc featuring a video of the film premiere and a number of documentaries, including a full-length documentary entitled "According to the Plan" and eight featurettes. The film was released on Blu-ray Disc on May 22, 2007.[28]
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
After months of anticipation and industry hype, reviews for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest were mixed: the film scored a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 6/10.[29] Among the positive critics were Michael Booth of the Denver Post, who awarded the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, praising it as "two hours and 20 minutes of escapism that once again makes the movies safe for guilt-free fun."[30] Drew McWeeny was highly positive, comparing the film to The Empire Strikes Back, and also acclaimed its darkness in its depiction of the crew of the Flying Dutchman and its cliffhanger.[31] The completely computer-generated Davy Jones turned out to be so realistic that some reviewers mistakenly identified Nighy as wearing prosthetic makeup.[32][33] The New York Times gave a positive review praising director Gore Verbinski saying "You put down your money – still less than $10 in most cities – and in return you get two and a half hours of spirited swashbuckling and Gore Verbinski, has an appropriate sense of mischief, as a well as a gift, nearly equaling those of Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg, for integrating CGI seamlessly into his cinematic compositions."[34] Empire magazine gave the film 3 stars saying "Depp is once again an unmitigated joy as Captain Sparrow, delivering another eye-darting, word-slurring turn with some wonderful slapstick flourishes. Indeed, Rossio and Elliot smartly exploit these in some wonderful action set-pieces." "We don’t get the predictable ‘all friends together on the same quest’ structure, and there’s a surfeit of surprises, crosses and double-crosses and cheeky character beats which stay true to the original’s anti-heroic sense of fun. After all, Jack Sparrow is a pirate, a bad guy in a hero’s hat, a man driven by self-gain over concern for the greater good, who will run away from a fight and cheat his ‘friends’ without a second’s thought."[35] Lord McLovin of MovieWeb said "The second tale of Captain Jack Sparrow is another epic adventure!"[36]
On the other hand, critic Paul Arendt of the BBC negatively compared it to The Matrix Reloaded, as a complex film that merely led onto the next film.[37] Richard George felt a "better construct of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End would have been to take 90 minutes of Chest, mix it with all of End and then cut that film in two."[38] Alex Billington felt the third film "almost makes the second film in the series obsolete or dulls it down enough that we can accept it in our trilogy DVD collections without ever watching it."[39]
Box office[edit]
Dead Man's Chest earned $423,315,812 in the North America and $642,863,913 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1,066,179,725.[1] Worldwide, it ranks as the tenth highest-grossing film, the third highest-grossing Disney film,[40] the highest-grossing 2006 film, the highest grossing film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, and the highest-grossing second film in a franchise.[41] It is the third film in history to reach the $1-billion-mark worldwide, and it reached the mark in record time (63 days),[42] a record that has since been surpassed by many films, of which the first was Avatar (in January 2010).[43]
In North America, the film broke many records including the largest opening- and single-day gross ($55.8 million), the biggest opening weekend gross ($135.6 million),[44] the least time to reach $100,[44] $200 and $300 million[45] and the highest ten-day gross.[46] However, most of them were broken by Spider-Man 3 in May 2007[47] and The Dark Knight in July 2008. The film was in first place at the box office for three consecutive weekends.[48] It closed in theaters on December 7, 2006, with a $423.3 million haul.[49] Thus, in North America, it is the tenth highest-grossing film, although, adjusted for inflation, the film ranks forty-sixth. It is also the highest-grossing 2006 film,[50] the highest grossing Pirates of the Caribbean film,[41] and the second highest-grossing Disney film.[51]
Outside North America, it is the nineteenth highest-grossing film,[52] the third highest-grossing Pirates film, the seventh highest-grossing Disney film[53] and the highest-grossing film of 2006.[54] It set opening-weekend records in Russia and the CIS, Ukraine, Finland, Malaysia, Singapore,[55] Greece[56] and Italy.[57][58] It was on top of the box office outside North America for 9 consecutive weekends and 10 in total.[59] It was the highest-grossing film of 2006 in Australia,[60] Bulgaria,[61] Germany,[62] Japan,[63] the Netherlands,[64] New Zealand,[65] Spain,[66] Sweden[67] and Thailand.[68]
Accolades[edit]
See also: List of accolades received by the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
At the 79th Academy Awards, visual effects supervisors John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, which was also the first time since 1994's Forrest Gump that Industrial Light and Magic had received that particular Academy Award. The film was also nominated for Best Art Direction, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.[69]
The film also won a BAFTA and Satellite award for Best Visual Effects,[70] and six awards from the Visual Effects Society.[71]
Other awards won by the film include Choice Movie: Action Adventure, Choice Drama/Action Adventure Movie, Actor for Johnny Depp at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards; Favorite Movie, Movie Drama, Male Actor for Depp and On-Screen Couple for Depp and Keira Knightley at the 33rd People's Choice Awards; Best Movie and Performance for Depp at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards and Best Special Effects at the Saturn Awards, and Favorite Movie at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards.[72]
Video game[edit]
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (video game)
A video game adaptation of the film was developed by Griptonite Games and Amaze Entertainment and released by Buena Vista Games in June–August 2006 for the PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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Pirates of the Caribbean:
 At World's End
Pirates 3 AWE Poster International.jpg
Promotional poster

Directed by
Gore Verbinski
Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
Based on
Walt Disney's
Pirates of the Caribbean
Characters:
 Ted Elliott
 Terry Rossio
Stuart Beattie
Jay Wolpert
Starring
Johnny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley
Stellan Skarsgård
Bill Nighy
Chow Yun-fat
Geoffrey Rush
Jack Davenport
Kevin R. McNally
Jonathan Pryce
Music by
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography
Dariusz Wolski
Editing by
Stephen E. Rivkin
Craig Wood
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures
Release dates
May 25, 2007

Running time
168 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$300 million[1]
Box office
$963,420,425[1]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a 2007 English fantasy adventure film and the third film in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The plot follows Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), and the crew of the Black Pearl rescuing Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from Davy Jones' Locker, and then preparing to fight the East India Trading Company, led by Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) and Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), who plan to extinguish piracy forever. Gore Verbinski directed the film, as he did with the previous two. It was shot in two shoots during 2005 and 2006, the former simultaneously with the preceding film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
The film was released in English-speaking countries on May 25, 2007 after Disney decided to move the release date a day earlier than originally planned. Critical reviews were mixed, but At World's End was a box office hit, becoming the most successful film of 2007, with over $960 million worldwide.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Makeup and the Academy Award for Visual Effects, which it lost to La Vie en Rose and The Golden Compass, respectively. A fourth installment, On Stranger Tides, the first to neither be directed by Verbinski nor star Bloom and Knightley, was released in cinemas on May 20, 2011.
With a production budget of $300 million, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the most expensive movie ever made to date, even after adjusting for inflation.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release 4.1 Marketing
4.2 Censorship
4.3 Home media
5 Reception 5.1 Critical response
5.2 Box office
5.3 Accolades
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
To control the oceans, Lord Cutler Beckett kills anyone associated with piracy and uses Davy Jones to destroy all pirate ships on the seas. Condemned prisoners sing "Hoist the Colours" to compel the nine pirate lords to convene at Shipwreck Cove; however, the late Captain Jack Sparrow, pirate lord of the Caribbean, never appointed a successor. Captain Barbossa leads Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma and the crew of the Black Pearl to rescue Jack from Davy Jones's Locker. Sao Feng, pirate lord of the South China Sea, possesses a map to the Locker called "The Navigation Charts". Will bargains with Feng for the Pearl in exchange for Sparrow, so Will can rescue his father from Davy Jones' ship, The Flying Dutchman. The crew journeys into the Locker and retrieves Sparrow. As the Pearl seeks an escape route, dead souls float past, including Elizabeth's father Weatherby Swann. Tia Dalma reveals that Davy Jones was appointed by Calypso, his lover and goddess of the Sea, to ferry the dead to the next world; in return, Jones could step upon land for one day every ten years. When she failed to meet him, he abandoned his duty and transformed into a monster.
After returning to the living world, the Pearl is ambushed by Sao Feng. Feng betrays Will, handing over the crew to Beckett in exchange for the Pearl. Beckett takes Sparrow aboard his vessel, the Endeavour. Feng bargains with Barbossa to release the Pearl in exchange for Elizabeth, who he believes is Calypso. Feng's ship attacks the Endeavour, allowing Jack to escape. Feng tells Elizabeth that the first Brethren Court trapped Calypso in human form so men could rule the seas. When Davy Jones attacks Feng's ship, the mortally wounded Feng appoints Elizabeth as his successor, and she and the crew are imprisoned in the Flying Dutchman's brig. Bootstrap Bill Turner reveals to Elizabeth that the person who stabs Davy Jones' heart becomes the next captain of the Dutchman. Admiral Norrington is killed while freeing Elizabeth and her crew.
Jack catches Will, and they discuss Davy Jones' heart. Jack suggests he stab the heart to solve Will's conflicting obligations, then tosses Will overboard after giving him his compass so Beckett can find Shipwreck Cove. Meanwhile on the Pearl, Davy Jones appears to Calypso, now revealed to be Tia Dalma, and asks why she left him. Calypso reveals that she will only let them free her so she can show them "How cruel I can be!"
Back at Shipwreck Cove, Barbossa calls upon Captain Teague, Jack's father and Keeper of the Pirate's Code, to confirm that only a Pirate King can declare war. Jack calls for a vote, the first eight Lords vote for themselves, and Jack breaks the stalemate by voting for Elizabeth, who favors a war. During a parley with Beckett and Jones, Elizabeth swaps Sparrow for Will after realizing Jack and Will plan to have Jack stab the heart.
Barbossa steals Jack's "piece of eight" and uses it and its counterparts to free Calypso. Will discloses that Davy Jones betrayed her to the Brethren Court, and Calypso's fury unleashes a maelstrom, in which the Dutchman and the Pearl battle. Sparrow escapes the Dutchman's brig and steals the Dead Man's Chest, which leads to a sword battle with Jones. Will proposes to Elizabeth, who accepts his proposal, and Captain Barbossa marries them. Will boards the Dutchman to retrieve the chest, but is mortally wounded by Jones. Sparrow places his sword in Will's hand and helps Will stab Jones's heart before Will dies. Sparrow and Elizabeth escape the Dutchman as it sinks in the maelstrom. Beckett moves to attack the Pearl but the Dutchman resurfaces with Will as the captain and the crew returned to their human forms. The Dutchman and the Pearl destroy the Endeavour, killing Beckett.
Will is bound to sail the sea as the Dutchman's captain. Elizabeth bids Jack, Barbossa and the crew farewell before Will and Elizabeth have one day together. He departs after giving Elizabeth the Dead Man's Chest. Barbossa commandeers the Pearl, stranding Jack and Gibbs in Tortuga, in order to find the Fountain of Youth, only to discover Jack cut out the middle of the map. Jack sails from Tortuga in a small boat to find the Fountain of Youth.
In a post-credits scene set ten years later, Elizabeth and her son watch from a seacliff as the Dutchman appears with Will Turner aboard, prompting Will's "one day on land" to spend with Elizabeth.
Cast[edit]
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow: Sparrow and the Black Pearl have been dragged to Davy Jones' Locker by the Kraken and is trapped there until his former crew mounts a rescue party.
Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa: Once first mate of the Black Pearl under Jack's command before leading a mutiny, Barbossa has been resurrected by Tia Dalma to captain the rescue of Jack Sparrow. He was also needed for his "piece of eight" to free Calypso. Rush said that in the film, Barbossa becomes more of a cunning politician.[2] Depp said he was pleased he got more screentime with Rush than in the first film: "We're like a couple of old ladies fighting over their knitting needles".[3]
Orlando Bloom as William "Will" Turner Jr.: A young blacksmith-turned-pirate, the son of "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, and the later husband of Elizabeth Swann.
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann: Governor Swann’s daughter and Will Turner's fiancée. Having tricked Jack Sparrow into being swallowed by the Kraken to save herself and the Black Pearl crew, she subsequently goes to his rescue.
Jack Davenport as James Norrington: Promoted to the rank of Admiral in return for giving Beckett Jones' heart, he has allied himself with Beckett and the Company, although he still cares for Elizabeth, his former fiancée, and finds himself torn between his duty and his growing dislike for Beckett.
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones: Malevolent ruler of the ocean realm, captain of The Flying Dutchman. With his heart captured by James Norrington, he is now enslaved to Cutler Beckett who commanded him to kill the Kraken ("your pet"), and now serves the East India Trading Company, though he remains volatile and makes life difficult for the marines policing him.
Tom Hollander as Cutler Beckett: A powerful agent of the East India Trading Co. and now armed with a mandate from the King and in possession of Davy Jones' heart, Beckett attempts to control the world's oceans for the sake of sustainable business - and with it, the end of piracy.
Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs: Jack's loyal, if superstitious, first mate.
Chow Yun-fat as Sao Feng: Pirate Lord of the South China Sea, he captains the Chinese ship The Empress and has a poor history with Sparrow. He is reluctant to aid in his rescue from Davy Jones' Locker. "Sao Feng" (嘯風) means "Howling Wind" in Chinese. Chow was confirmed to be playing Feng in July 2005 while production of the second film was on hiatus.[4] Chow relished playing the role, even helping out crew members with props.[5]
Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma/Calypso: An obeah witch who travels with the Black Pearl crew to rescue Jack, she also raised Hector Barbossa from the dead at the conclusion of Dead Man's Chest and has a mysterious past connection to Davy Jones.
Stellan Skarsgård as William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, Sr.: Will's father, cursed to serve an eternity aboard Davy Jones' ship The Flying Dutchman. As he slowly loses hope, he also loses his humanity to the ship, and becomes mentally confused, barely recognizing his own son in the second half of the film.
Keith Richards as Captain Teague: Keeper of the Pirata Codex for the Brethren Court and Jack Sparrow's father. The other pirate lords are visibly terrified of him. Richards, who partially inspired Johnny Depp's portrayal of Sparrow,[6][7] was meant to appear in Dead Man's Chest, but there was no room for him in the story,[8] as well as his being tied up with a Rolling Stones tour.[7] He almost missed filming a scene in At World's End, following injuries sustained by falling out of a tree.[9] In June 2006, Verbinski finally managed to make room in Richards' schedule to shoot that September.[10]
Greg Ellis as Lieutenant Theodore Groves: As second-in-command to Lord Beckett.
Jonathan Pryce as Weatherby Swann: Governor of Port Royal and father to Elizabeth Swann, he is now trapped in Beckett's service.
Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook as Pintel and Ragetti: A mischievous and eccentric duo, part of Jack's crew.
David Bailie as Cotton: Jack's loyal mute crewman who returns again to join the quest to bring back Sparrow.
Martin Klebba as Marty: Jack's dwarf crewman who also joins the quest to bring back Sparrow.
Christopher S. Capp voices Cotton's parrot: A blue and yellow macaw that Cotton has inexplicably trained to speak for him.
"Pablo" and "Chiquita" act as Jack the Monkey: Hector Barbossa's pet Capuchin monkey.[11]
Production[edit]
See also: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Production



"I felt it important that the third film was the end of an era — like in a postmodern western where the railroad comes and the gunfighter is extinct. It seemed that we had an opportunity to take a look at a world where the legitimate has become corrupt and there is no place for honest thieves in that society, so you have darker issues and a little melancholy. The myths are dying. That seemed a great theme with which to complete the trilogy."
—Gore Verbinski[12]
Following Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl's success in 2003, the cast and crew signed on for two sequels to be shot back-to-back.[13] For the third film, director Gore Verbinski wanted to return the tone to that of a character piece after using the second film to keep the plot moving.[5] Inspired by the real-life confederation of pirates, Elliott and Rossio looked at historical figures and created fictional characters from them to expand the scope beyond the main cast.[14] Finally embellishing their mythology, Calypso was introduced, going full circle to Barbossa's mention of "heathen gods" that created the curse in the first film.[15]
Parts of the third film were shot during location filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a long shoot which finished on March 1, 2006.[16] During August 2005, the Singapore sequence was shot. The set was built on Stage 12 of the Universal backlot, and comprised 40 structures within an 80 by 130-foot (24 by 40-m) tank that was 3 1⁄2 feet (1.1 m) deep. As 18th century Singapore is not a well-documented era, the filmmakers chose to use an Expressionist style based on Chinese and Malaysian cities of the same period. The design of the city was also intended by Verbinski to parody spa culture, with fungi growing throughout the set. Continuing this natural feel, the floorboards of Sao Feng's bathhouse had to be cut by hand, and real humidity was created by the combination of gallons of water and the lighting equipment on the set.[17]
Filming resumed on August 3, 2006 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah[18] and continued until early 2007 for 70 days off the California coast, as all the shooting required in the Caribbean had been conducted in 2005.[19] Davy Jones' Locker was shot at Utah, and it was shot in a monochromatic way to represent its different feeling from the usual colorful environment of a pirate.[20] The climactic battle was shot in a former air hangar at Palmdale, California,[21] where the cast had to wear wetsuits underneath their costumes on angle-tipped ships. The water-drenched set was kept in freezing temperatures, to make sure bacteria did not come inside and infect the crew.[22] A second unit shot at Niagara Falls.[23] Industrial Light & Magic did 750 effects shots, while Digital Domain also took on 300. They spent just five months finishing the special effects. The film posed numerous challenges in creating water-based effects.[24]
Filming finished on December 12, 2006 in Molokai,[25] and the first assembly cut was three hours.[26] Twenty minutes were removed, not including end credits, though producer Jerry Bruckheimer maintained that the long running time was needed to make the final battle work in terms of build-up.[27] Hans Zimmer composed the score as he did for the previous film, composing eight new motifs including a new love theme for the At World's End soundtrack.[25] He scored scenes as the editors began work, so as to influence their choice of cutting to the music. Gore Verbinski helped on the score. He played the guitar in the parley scene between Barbossa, Sparrow, Elizabeth and Will, Davy Jones, and Cutler Beckett.[28] He also co-wrote the song "Hoist the Colours" with Zimmer.[29]
Release[edit]
See also: List of accolades received by the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise



Keith Richards, who plays Jack's father Captain Teague, at the premiere.
The world premiere of At World's End was held on May 19, 2007, at Disneyland, home of the ride that inspired the film and where the first two films in the trilogy debuted. Disneyland offered the general public a chance to attend the premiere through the sale of tickets, priced at $1,500 per ticket, with proceeds going to the Make-a-Wish Foundation charity.[30] Just a few weeks before the film's release, Walt Disney Pictures decided to move the United States opening of At World's End from screenings Friday, May 25, 2007 to Thursday at 8 PM, May 24, 2007.[31] The film opened in 4,362 theaters domestically, beating Spider-Man 3's theater opening record by 110 (this record was surpassed by The Dark Knight the following year).[32][33]
Marketing[edit]
After a muted publicity campaign, the trailer finally debuted at ShoWest 2007.[34] It was shown on March 18, 2007 at a special screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl named "Pirates Ultimate Fan Event", and was then shown on March 19 during Dancing with the Stars, before it debuted online.[35] Action figures by NECA were released in late April.[36] Board games such as a Collector’s Edition Chess Set, a Monopoly Game, and a Pirates Dice Game (Liar's dice) were also released. Master Replicas have made sculptures of characters and replicas of jewellery and the Dead Man's Chest.[37] A video game with the same title as the film was released on May 22, 2007 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP, PlayStation 2, PC, and Nintendo DS formats.[38] The soundtrack and its remix were also released on May 22.
Censorship[edit]
At least one nation's official censors have ordered scenes cut from the film. According to Xinhua, the state news agency of the People's Republic of China, ten minutes of footage containing Chow Yun-fat's portrayal of Singaporean pirate Sao Feng have been trimmed from versions of the film which may be shown in China. Chow is onscreen for twenty minutes in the uncensored theatrical release of the film. No official reason for the censorship was given, but unofficial sources within China have indicated that the character gave a negative and stereotypical portrayal of the Chinese people.[39]
Home media[edit]
The one-disc and two-disc re-edited versions of the Region 2 DVD were released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment in the UK on November 19, 2007, on both standard DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats.[40] The film was released on DVD in Australia on November 21, 2007, and released on December 4, 2007 in the United States and Canada. The 2-Disc Limited Edition DVD was in continuous circulation until it stopped on September 30, 2008. In contrast, the Blu-ray Disc release, containing all of the features from the 2-Disc DVD version (including some original scenes from the theatrical release, but excluding the writer's commentary) is still widely available. The initial Blu-ray Disc release was misprinted on the back of the box as 1080i, although Disney confirmed it to be 1080p. Disney has decided not to recall the misprinted units, but will fix the error on subsequent printings.[41] DVD sales brought in $296,043,871 in revenue marking the best-selling DVD of 2007, although it ranks second in terms of units sold (14,505,271) behind Transformers (16,234,195).[42]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
As with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, At World's End received mixed reviews. The most common criticism of the film from reviewers was that the plot was too convoluted for them to follow. In review aggregate websites, At World's End has a "Rotten" rating of 44% on Rotten Tomatoes[43] and 50% at Metacritic.[44] Favorable reviewer Alex Billington noted, "This is just how the film industry works nowadays; critics give bad opinions, the public usually has a differing opinion, and all is well in the world of Hollywood since the studios made their millions anyway."[45]
Drew McWeeny was an exception, praising its complexity as giving it repeat-viewing value, and its conclusion as "perhaps the most canny move it makes."[46] Todd Gilchrist found the story too similar to other cinematic trilogies such as Star Wars but praised the production values.[47] Brian Lowry felt that "unlike last year's bloated sequel, it at least possesses some semblance of a destination, making it slightly more coherent - if no less numbing during the protracted finale."[48] Total Film praised the performances but complained that the twists and exposition made it hard to care for the characters.[49] Edward Douglas liked the film but had issues with its pacing,[50] while Blake Wright criticized the Davy Jones' Locker and Calypso segments.[51] James Berardinelli found it the weakest of the trilogy as "the last hour offers adventure as rousing as anything provided in either of the previous installments... which doesn't account for the other 108 minutes of this gorged, self-indulgent, and uneven production."[52] Peter Travers praised Richards and Rush but felt "there can indeed be too much of a good thing," regarding Depp's character.[53] Travers later declared the movie to be one of the worst films of the year.[54] Colm Andrew of the Manx Independent said the film was overall a disappointment and that "the final showdown ... is a non-event and the repetitive swordplay and inane plot contrivances simply become boring by the end".[55]
Chow Yun-fat's character stirred a great deal of controversy with the Chinese press. Perry Lam, of Hong Kong cultural magazine, Muse, found the striking resemblance between Chow's character and Fu Manchu offensive: "Now Fu Manchu has returned after an absence of 27 years in the Hollywood cinema; except that, in a nod to political correctness and marketing realities, he is no longer called Fu Manchu."[56]
Box office[edit]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End earned $309,420,425 in North America and $654,000,000 in other countries for a worldwide total of $963,420,425.[1] Worldwide, it is the twenty-first highest-grossing film,[57] the highest-grossing film of 2007[58] and the third highest-grossing film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.[59] Compared to its predecessor, it grossed far less at the North American box office, but more outside North America. Still, its worldwide earnings are more than $100 million below Dead Man's Chest's.[60] On its worldwide opening weekend it grossed $344.0 million, making it the seventh-largest opening.[61]
North America
At World's End was released in a then-record 4,362 theaters in North America[62] and was shown on around 11,500 screens which is still an all-time record.[63] On its first three-day weekend, it earned $114,732,820. It set a Memorial Day 4-day weekend record ($139,802,190), which it still retains. This record was previously held by X-Men: The Last Stand.[64] Including Thursday night previews, as well, At World's End earned $153,042,234 in 5 days.[65] It is the fourth highest-grossing film of 2007.[66] Of May's Big Three as they were called (Spider-Man 3, Shrek 3 and Pirates 3),[67] Pirates 3 grossed the least both during its opening weekend[68] and in total earnings.[69] However, this was mainly attributed to the fact that it was released third, after the other two films, so there was already too much competition.[70] It is also the second highest-grossing film in the Pirates series.[59]
Outside North America
It is the sixteenth highest-grossing film, the fifth-largest film distributed by Disney[71] and the second highest-grossing Pirates of the Caribbean film.[59] During its opening weekend, it grossed an estimated $216.0 million, which stands as the sixth biggest opening outside North America.[72] It set opening-weekend records in South Korea with $16.7 million (surpassed by Transformers: Dark of the Moon),[73] Russia and the CIS with $14.0 million (first surpassed by Samy luchshiy film)[74] and Spain with $11.9 million[75] (surpassed by The Impossible).[76] It dominated for three consecutive weekends at the box office outside North America.[77] By June 12, 2007 -its 20th day of release- the film had grossed $500 million, breaking Spider-Man 3's record for reaching that amount the fastest.[78] This record was first overtaken by Avatar (15 days to $500 million).[79] Its highest-grossing countries after North America are Japan, where it earned $91.1 million and became the last Hollywood film to earn more than 10 million yen before Avatar,[80] the UK, Ireland and Malta ($81.4 million) and Germany ($59.4 million).[81]
Accolades[edit]
See also: List of accolades received by the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
At the 80th Academy Awards, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was nominated for two awards, Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects. However, it didn't win either of the two, losing the former to La Vie en Rose and the latter to The Golden Compass.[82]
At the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, the film was nominated for three awards, including one win: the Best Comedic Performance (Johnny Depp). At the 34th People's Choice Awards, it was nominated for five awards, including four wins: Favorite Movie, Favorite Threequel, Favorite Male Movie Star (Johnny Depp) and Favorite Female Action Star (Keira Knightley).[83] Also, at the Teen Choice Awards it won five awards, out of six nominations. Finally, at the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards, it achieved three nominations but won only the Favorite Movie Actor award (Jack Sparrow).
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
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Pirates of the Caribbean:
On Stranger Tides

A bearded man with long hair stands on a beach. He wears a red bandana, a dark blue vest with a white shirt underneath, and black pants. Attached to his belt are two guns and a scarf. A ship with flaming sails is approaching from the sea. In the background, three mermaids are sitting on a rock. The names of the main actors are seen atop the poster, and the film credits are at the bottom.
Theatrical poster

Directed by
Rob Marshall
Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenplay by
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio

Based on
On Stranger Tides
 by Tim Powers
Walt Disney's
Pirates of the Caribbean
Characters:
 Ted Elliott
 Terry Rossio
Stuart Beattie
Jay Wolpert

Starring
Johnny Depp
Penélope Cruz
Ian McShane
Kevin R. McNally
Geoffrey Rush

Music by
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography
Dariusz Wolski
Editing by
David Brenner
 Wyatt Smith
Michael Kahn (add'l ed)
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by
Walt Disney Studios
 Motion Pictures
Release dates
May 18, 2011 (United Kingdom)
May 20, 2011 (North America)

Running time
137 minutes[1]
Country
United States

Language
English
Budget
$150[2]–250[1] million
Box office
$1,045,713,802[1]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a 2011 American fantasy adventure film and the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. Gore Verbinski, who had directed the three previous films, was replaced by Rob Marshall, while Jerry Bruckheimer again served as producer.
In the film, which draws inspiration from the novel On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is joined by Angelica (Penélope Cruz) in his search for the Fountain of Youth, confronting the infamous pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane). The film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and released in the United States on May 20, 2011. It was the first film in the series to be released in the Disney Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D formats.
Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio first learned of Powers' novel during the back-to-back production of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, and considered it a good starting point for a new movie in the series. Pre-production started after the end of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, with Depp collaborating with the writers on the story design. Principal photography rolled for 106 days between June and November 2010, with locations in Hawaii, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, and California. Filming employed 3D cameras similar to those used in the production of the 2009 film Avatar, and ten companies were involved with the film's visual effects.
On Stranger Tides broke many box office records upon release, and it stands as the 12th highest-grossing film of all time worldwide when not adjusting for inflation. Critical reviews were mixed, with the film receiving criticism over the script-writing, excessiveness, and lack of originality; positive mentions were given on the acting, directing and visuals.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Writing
3.3 Casting
3.4 Filming
3.5 Effects
3.6 Music
4 Release 4.1 Promotion
4.2 Home media
5 Reception 5.1 Box-office performance 5.1.1 North America
5.1.2 Outside North America
5.2 Critical reception
5.3 Accolades
6 Sequel
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
After a failed attempt to rescue his first mate, Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally) in London, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is brought before King George II (Richard Griffiths), who wants Jack to guide an expedition to the Fountain of Youth before the Spanish locate it. Heading the expedition is Jack's old nemesis, Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), now a privateer in service to the Royal Navy after losing his leg and ship, the Black Pearl.
Jack escapes, but his father, Captain Teague (Keith Richards), finds him and warns Jack about the Fountain's tests. He also reveals that someone is impersonating Jack. The impostor is Angelica (Penélope Cruz), Jack's former lover and the daughter of the ruthless pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), who practices voodoo magic and wields a magical sword that controls his ship.
Jack is taken aboard Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, and forced to lead the way to the Fountain and find two silver chalices that once belonged to Juan Ponce de León, both believed to be aboard his lost ship. The Fountain's water must be drunk simultaneously from the two chalices. The person drinking from the chalice containing a mermaid's tear has their life extended, while the other person dies, their life drained from their body and their remaining years 'donated' to the other. Meanwhile, Gibbs narrowly escapes execution by memorizing and destroying Jack's map, forcing Barbossa to spare him so he could navigate to the Fountain.
Blackbeard seeks the Fountain's power to circumvent his predestined fatal encounter with "a one-legged man," (Barbossa) and sets a course for Whitecap Bay. There they are attacked by a vicious horde of mermaids, but Blackbeard captures one (Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey). Philip Swift (Sam Claflin), a captive missionary, falls in love with the mermaid and names her Syrena. Blackbeard then sends Jack to retrieve the chalices from de León's ship.
When Jack finds the grounded, decaying vessel, Barbossa is waiting inside and the Spanish are in possession of the chalices. However, Barbossa only seeks revenge against Blackbeard for attacking the Black Pearl, which forced Barbossa to amputate his own leg to escape. He and Jack join forces to defeat Blackbeard, then head to the nearby Spanish camp to steal the chalices. Meanwhile, Syrena, reciprocating Philip's love, is tricked into shedding a tear which Blackbeard collects, leaving her to die. Philip is forced to go with him. Jack returns with the chalices and Gibbs, with whom he had reunited while assisting Barbossa. Jack and Blackbeard bargain for Jack's confiscated magical compass and Gibbs' release. In return, Jack vows to give Blackbeard the chalices and lead him to the Fountain; Blackbeard agrees and Gibbs departs with the compass.
At the Fountain, Blackbeard and his crew are met by Barbossa, and then by the Spanish, who are there to destroy the Fountain, their king believing its power is an abomination against God. A battle ensues and Barbossa stabs Blackbeard with a poison-laced sword. Angelica accidentally cuts herself while removing it from Blackbeard. Barbossa claims Blackbeard's magical sword, his ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, and its crew as compensation for his amputated leg and The Pearl. Meanwhile, Philip, though mortally wounded, escapes and returns to free Syrena. After finding the chalices that the Spaniard had tossed into deep water, Syrena gives them to Jack, then retrieves the dying Philip as she kisses him and takes him underwater.
With Blackbeard and Angelica wounded, Jack brings the chalices to them and tries to convince Angelica to drink from the one with the tear, but Blackbeard asks his daughter to sacrifice herself. Angelica agrees and drinks. Knowing that the self-serving Blackbeard would sacrifice his daughter, Jack lied about which chalice contained the tear. The Fountain consumes Blackbeard's body, which kills him by turning him into a skeleton. Although Angelica admits her love for Jack, he strands her on an island, knowing that she may want to avenge her father's death. Barbossa, who now captains the Queen Anne's Revenge, resigns as privateer and reverts to piracy.
Jack finds Gibbs, who has used the compass to locate the shrunken Black Pearl and is shown to be in possession of all ships Blackbeard had shrunken in bottles. Hoping to bring the Black Pearl to its original size, the two head off into the sunset, determined to continue living a pirate's life.
In a post-credits scene, Blackbeard's voodoo doll of Jack has washed ashore on the island and is found by Angelica, to which she reacts with a grin.
Cast[edit]



Johnny Depp in a film premiere.

Geoffrey Rush in a festival.
Top to bottom: Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush who reprised their roles from the previous films as Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Hector Barbossa respectively.
Main article: List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, former captain of the Black Pearl.
Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa, Jack's nemesis and former captain of the Black Pearl.
Penélope Cruz as Angelica, Jack's former love interest. (with Mónica Cruz as a double)
Ian McShane as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge.
Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs
Greg Ellis as Lieutenant Commander Theodore Groves
Damian O'Hare as Lieutenant Gillette
Sam Claflin as Philip Swift
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey as Syrena
Stephen Graham as Scrum
Óscar Jaenada as The Spaniard, King Ferdinand's most trusted agent
Gemma Ward as Tamara
Richard Griffiths as King George II
Keith Richards as Captain Teague
Judi Dench as Society Lady
Robbie Kay as the Cabin Boy
Ian Mercer as the Quartermaster
Derek Mears as the Master-at-Arms
Deobia Oparei as the Gunner
Danny Le Boyer as Yeoman
Sebastian Armesto as King Ferdinand of the Spanish Empire
Anton Lesser as Lord John Carteret
Roger Allam as Prime Minister Henry Pelham
Paul Bazely as Salaman, an Indian crew member of the Queen Anne's Revenge
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Shortly before the premiere of At World's End, Jerry Bruckheimer stated it was the end of the trilogy, but the idea of a spin-off was still possible.[3] After the film's successful opening weekend, Dick Cook, then Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, said he was interested in a fourth installment. The Los Angeles Times also reported that rights to a book were bought.[4] Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio had started working on a script in 2007, but they were interrupted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, and only resumed in mid-2008.[5] On September 24, 2008, during a Disney event at the Kodak Theater, Cook and Johnny Depp, in full Captain Jack Sparrow costume, announced that a fourth Pirates movie was in development.[6]
In June 2009 Bruckheimer indicated Disney would prefer the fourth installment of Pirates to be released before The Lone Ranger film, which he, Johnny Depp, Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio had been working on for release on May 20, 2011. He hoped Gore Verbinski would return to direct the fourth film, as his BioShock film adaptation had been put on hold.[7] As Verbinski was unavailable due to his commitment with Rango the same year, Bruckheimer suggested Rob Marshall, who he considered a "premiere filmmaker", stating that "Every film [Marshall] made I thought was unique and different."[8] On July 21, 2009, Marshall accepted the job, because of the "whole new story line and set of characters. It felt new, and that was important to me." [5] Marshall said the film provided him a long-awaited opportunity to work with Depp, and that his directing was helped by past experience as a choreographer—"the action sequences felt like big production numbers."[9] On September 11, 2009, at Disney's D23 convention, the title was announced as Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.[10] Marshall visited the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland for inspiration, eventually paying homage with a skeleton holding a magnifying glass in Ponce de Leon's ship. An appearance of "Old Bill", the pirate who tries to share his rum with a cat, was also filmed but cut.[11]
Cook resigned in September 2009 after working for Disney for over 38 years.[12] Depp's faith in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was somewhat shaken after the resignation, with Depp explaining that "There's a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment. It was all born in that office".[13] Depp also explained Cook was one of the few who accepted his portrayal of Jack Sparrow: "When things went a little sideways on the first Pirates movie and others at the studio were less than enthusiastic about my interpretation of the character, Dick was there from the first moment. He trusted me".[13]
Writing[edit]
During production of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio discovered Tim Powers' 1987 novel On Stranger Tides, which they considered a good foundation on which to base "a new chapter" in the Pirates series.[8] Disney bought the rights to the novel in April 2007.[14] Rossio stated that he and Elliot had considered using Blackbeard and the Fountain of Youth in the story before reading the book, "but whenever you say those words, Powers' novel comes to mind. There was no way we could work in that field without going into territory Tim had explored." However, they denied that it would be a straight version of the novel: "Blackbeard came from the book, and in the book there is a daughter character, too. But Jack Sparrow is not in the book, nor is Barbossa. So I wouldn't call this an adaptation."[5] Rossio declared the script was written to be a standalone film, "kind of a James Bond sort of thing", instead of the "designed to be a trilogy" structure of the previous installments.[15] They hoped to "design a story that would support new characters," as characters such as Will Turner would not return.[16] Bruckheimer added that there was a decision to "streamline the story a little bit, make it a little simpler and not have as many characters to follow", as the number of characters and subplots in At World's End caused the film to have an unwieldy length.[8] The duo decided to employ another sea myth alluded in the previous episodes: mermaids,[15] which are briefly referenced in the book. The mermaids' role expanded in the script, which included a vast attack sequence.[16]
Depp was deeply involved with the story design, frequently meeting the writers to show what he was interested in doing, and in the words of Rossio, being "involved in coming up with story lines, connecting characters, creating moments that we would then fashion, shape and then go back."[15] Among Depp's suggestions were turning Phillip into a missionary, and having a Spanish contingent following the protagonists. Afterwards, Rob Marshall and executive producer John DeLuca met Rossio and Elliot, and did alterations of their own, including building the female lead.[16]
Casting[edit]
Depp signed on to return as Captain Jack Sparrow in September 2008, saying that he would come back if the script was good.[6] Almost a year later, Disney announced that Depp would be paid $55.5 million for his role, realizing that without him the franchise would be "dead and buried."[17] Geoffrey Rush expressed interest in returning to his role as Barbossa,[18] and Bruckheimer later confirmed his presence.[19] Rush was positive on Barbossa having lost a leg, as he considered the disability made him "angrier, more forceful and resilient as a character", and had to work with the stunt team for an accurate portrayal of the limp and usage of crutch, particularly during swordfighting scenes.[20] While the production team considered a prop pegleg to be put over Rush's leg, the tight schedule caused it to be replaced with a blue sock that was replaced digitally, with a knob on the shoe to give Rush a reference for his walk.[21] Three other actors from the previous films returned, Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Greg Ellis as Lt. Theodore Groves,[22] and Damian O'Hare as Lt. Gilette.[23] Keith Richards also had a cameo, reprising his role as Captain Teague from At World's End; he and Depp tried to persuade Mick Jagger to audition for the part of a pirate elder.[24] Previous cast members Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley stated that they would not reprise their roles, as they wanted to be involved in different films. They both thought the storyline involving their characters had gone as far as it could.[25][26][27] On February 5, 2010, Mackenzie Crook also announced he would not be reprising his role of Ragetti, stating, "They haven't asked me. But actually I don't mind that at all. I'm a fan of the first one especially and I think the trilogy we've made is great. I'd almost like them to leave it there."[28]
New cast members include Ian McShane, who plays the notorious pirate and primary antagonist of the film, Blackbeard, and Penélope Cruz, who plays Angelica, Jack Sparrow's love interest.[19] According to Marshall, McShane was chosen because "he can play something evil but there's always humor behind it as well", and the actor accepted the job due to both the "very funny and charming" script and the opportunity to work with Marshall.[29] The beard took one hour and a half to get applied, and McShane likened the character's costume to "a real biker pirate—it's all black leather.”[30] Marshall said Cruz was the only actress considered for the role, as she fit the description as "an actress who could not only go toe to toe with Johnny and match him, but also needed to be all the things that Jack Sparrow is in a way. She needed to be funny and clever and smart and crafty and beautiful",[9] and invited her for the role as they wrapped the production of Nine.[21] The actress spent two months working out and learning fencing for the role.[31] During filming, Cruz discovered she was pregnant, leading the costume department to redesign her wardrobe to be more elastic,[21] and the producers to hire her sister Mónica Cruz to double for Penélope in risky scenes.[32] Depp recommended Stephen Graham, who worked with him in Public Enemies, to play Scrum, a Machiavellian pirate and sidekick to Jack Sparrow,[33][34] and Richard Griffiths for the role of King George II, as Depp was a fan of Griffiths' work on Withnail and I.[21] Sam Claflin, a recent drama school graduate with television experience, was chosen to play the missionary Philip,[35] and British actor Paul Bazely also joined the cast.[36] Spanish news website El Pais reported that the film had four Spanish actors: Cruz, Bergès-Frisbey, Óscar Jaenada, and Juan Carlos Vellido.[37] Jaenada was picked for both his work in The Losers and a recommendation by Cruz.[38]
Casting for mermaids required the actresses to have natural breasts—no implants. As Bruckheimer explained to EW, "I don't think they had breast augmentation in the 1700s, [...] So it's natural for casting people to say, 'We want real people.'"[39] Marshall invited Spanish-French actress Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey to play Syrena after seeing her in a French magazine article on up-and-coming actresses.[20] Bergès-Frisbey had to take lessons of English, swimming and breath control for the role.[40] The rest of the mermaid portrayers, such as Australian supermodel Gemma Ward,[41] were chosen for having "exotic sense, an otherworldly sensibility, but also under those layers a deadly quality", according to Marshall, and had to take swimming lessons to learn movements such as the dolphin and eggbeater kicks.[42]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography began on June 14, 2010, in Hawaii.[16][43] Filming was moved to California in August 2010,[44] primarily at the Long Beach shore[29] and a recreation of Whitecap Bay done in the Universal Studios backlot,[16] as the original Hawaiian location on Halona Cove was plagued with strong tides.[20] After a brief shoot in Puerto Rico,[29] with locations in both Palomino Island and the Fort of San Cristóbal in San Juan,[45] production moved to the United Kingdom in September, where principal photography wrapped on November 18 after 106 days of shooting.[16] Locations included Hampton Court Palace in London,[21] Knole House in Kent,[29] and Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich.[46] Interiors were shot at London's Pinewood Studios, and a replica of a 17th-century London street was built on the backlot alongside the soundstages.[29][47] The producers also considered using New Orleans as a location.[48] In October, security was breached at the UK site when a celebrity impersonator gained access to filming at the Old Royal Naval College by dressing up as Captain Jack.[49]
After the joint production of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End cost over $300 million, Disney decided to give a lower budget to the fourth installment.[2] Many costs had to be cut, including moving primary production to Hawaii and London, where tax credits are more favorable, and having a shorter shooting schedule and fewer scenes featuring special effects compared to At World's End.[50] The tighter schedule—according to Bruckheimer, "We had a 22-week post, and for a picture like this, with almost 1,200 visual effects shots, it's usually 40 weeks"—meant that Marshall supervised editing of sequences during filming.[16]
Jerry Bruckheimer said the decision to film in 3D was made due to its being "immersive filmmaking; I think it makes you part of the actual filming because you're part of the screen." Bruckheimer described it as the first major "exterior movie" to be shot in 3D, as Avatar was mostly done in sound stages.[8] At first Marshall was not much interested in 3D, but the director eventually considered it a film that could benefit from the format. "You are on an adventure and with the 3D experience you are inside that adventure."[9] While the original plan was to add 3D effects during post-production, the decision was made to shoot digitally with 3D cameras. Only one sequence was shot conventionally and needed a 3D conversion.[8] The cameras were improved versions of the ones James Cameron developed for Avatar, which were made more compact for extra mobility. This meant the cameras could be brought into locations such as the Hawaiian jungle.[51]
The Queen Anne's Revenge was built atop the Sunset, the same ship used to depict the Black Pearl in previous installments. On February 2010, the Sunset was sailed from Long Beach to a shipyard in Hawaii for the reforms, where a big concern was to make it imposing, with three stories, without sacrificing actual seakeeping. Given Blackbeard was meant to be the meanest pirate to appear in the series, the look for the Queen Anne's Revenge was ominous, with sails dyed blood red, various elements on fire, and a decoration based on skulls and bones (drawing inspiration from the Sedlec Ossuary in Czech Republic). Damage from cannon fire was also added to show that "not only Blackbeard was a dying man, but his ship is also a dying ship". The ship's figurehead also drew inspiration from Blackbeard's pirate flag.[52] The replica ship HMS Surprise was used for Barbossa's ship, the HMS Providence,[53] and all the scenes aboard the Providence were shot on the Long Beach shore as the Surprise could not be sailed to Hawaii.[21] Over 50 designs were considered for the Fountain of Youth, with the final one representing a temple built by an ancient civilization around the Fountain, which itself was located in a round rocky structure to represent "the circle of life". The locations leading up to the Fountain were shot in the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu, but the Fountain itself was built at the 007 Stage on Pinewood.[54]
Effects[edit]
On Stranger Tides employed 1,112 shots of computer-generated imagery,[16] which were done by ten visual effects companies.[55] Cinesite visual effects supervisor Simon Stanley-Clamp claimed that the most difficult part was doing the effects in 3D: "Rotoscoping is tricky. Cleaning up plates is double the work, and tracking has to be spot on."[46] The lead companies, with over 300 effects each, were Industrial Light & Magic—responsible for, among others, the mermaids and most water effects[56]—and Moving Picture Company, who created digital ships and environment extensions, such as changing weather and designing cliffs and waterfalls.[57] Filming the mermaids involved eight model-actresses, who portrayed them outside the water, as well as 22 synchronized swimming athletes and a group of stuntwomen, both of whom wore motion capture suits to be later replaced by digital mermaids. Mermaid corpses were depicted by plaster models.[29][42] The design tried to avoid the traditional representations of mermaids in paintings and literature, instead going for a scaly body with a translucent membrane inspired by both jellyfish and the fabric employed in ballet tutus. To make the mermaids more menacing underwater, the faces of the actresses had some digital touch-ups on the underwater scenes, adding sharper teeth and a shimmery fish scale quality on the skin.[58] ILM also handled Blackbeard's death, where Ian McShane's actual performance was covered by digital doubles which turned him into a "boiling mass of blood and clothing", and a hurricane-like formation that represented "the waters of the Fountain taking his life".[54] Cinesite handled the recreation of London and Barbossa's peg leg,[46] CIS Hollywood did 3D corrections and minor shots, and Method Studios created matte paintings.[59]
Music[edit]
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (soundtrack)
The film's score was written by Hans Zimmer, who had worked in all of the previous entries in the franchise; being the main composer for the second and third installments.[60] Zimmer said that he tried to incorporate a rock n' roll sound, as he felt "pirates were the rock 'n' rollers of many, many years ago",[61] and Spanish elements, which led to a collaboration with Mexican guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela and a tango song written by Penélope Cruz's brother Eduardo.[62] American composer Eric Whitacre contributed several choir-based cues,[62][63] as well as regular assistant Geoff Zanelli.[60]
Release[edit]

On a staircase with a red carpet stand both a man wearing glasses and a white jacket atop a black business suit, and a woman wearing a blue dress with transparencies.

Penélope Cruz and Johnny Depp promoting the film at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
On January 6, 2010, Disney announced that the film would be released in the United States and Canada on May 20, 2011, following Columbia Pictures' announcement of a delay in the Spider-Man reboot and Paramount Pictures slating Thor for May 6, 2011.[64] The film was released in IMAX 3D, as well as traditional 2D and IMAX format,[65][66] with Dolby 7.1 surround sound.[67] This film was also the first film to be released in the 4DX motion theaters in Mexico and in the Western Hemisphere, featuring strobe lights, tilting seats, blowing wind and fog and odor effects.[68] It is available exclusively at select Cinépolis cinemas.[69]
The world premiere of On Stranger Tides was on May 7, 2011, at a premium ticket screening at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, home of the original Pirates of the Caribbean ride that inspired the film series. Many of the film's stars were in attendance. Two other early screenings followed, one in Moscow on May 11,[70] and another during the Cannes International Film Festival on May 14.[71] The international release dates fell within May 18 and May 20, with opening dates in the United Kingdom on May 18, in Australia on May 19, and in North America on May 20.[72][73][74][75] The film was released on a then-record 402 IMAX screens, 257 screens in North America, and 139 in other territories.[76] The total number of theaters was 4,155 in North America and 18,210 worldwide.[77][78]
Promotion[edit]
Disney's marketing president, MT Carney, said that the film's advertising campaign was intended "to remind people of why they fell in love with Jack Sparrow in the first place and also introduce new elements in a way that was elegant".[16] Sony Pictures' former marketing president, Valerie Van Galder, was hired as a consultant.[79] The first footage from the film appeared on Entertainment Tonight on December 4, 2010.[80] Three trailers were released,[16] one in December, which had a 3D version included with the release of Tron: Legacy[66] and broadcast by ESPN 3D;[81] a Super Bowl XLV spot on February 2011, which was later released online in an extended version;[82] and a final trailer in March that focused more on the plot than the previous trailer and commercials.[83]
Promotional tie-ins included Lego Pirates of the Caribbean toy sets and a related video game,[84][85] a cell phone app by Verizon Wireless,[86] a special edition of Pirate's Booty,[87] lines of nail polish by OPI,[88] clothing from Hot Topic,[89] and jewelry from Swarovski.[90] Goldline International produced replicas of the "Pieces of Eight" coins from the movies and gold Mexican Escudo coins, which were given in sweepstakes at the El Capitan Theatre.[91] At Disney California Adventure Park, the Pirates of the Caribbean segment of the World of Color show was extended to include visual clips and music from On Stranger Tides.[92]
Home media[edit]
The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-Ray and DVD on September 12, 2011 in the United Kingdom,[93] topping both the Blu-ray and DVD sales charts during its first two weeks.[94][95][96][97] The film had its high-definition home release on October 18, 2011 in the United States and Canada. Three different physical packages were made available: a 2-disc combo pack (Blu-ray and DVD), a 5-disc combo pack (2-disc Blu-ray, 1-disc Blu-ray 3D, 1-disc DVD, and 1-disc Digital Copy), and a 15-disc collection featuring all four Pirates movies. On Stranger Tides was also released as a movie download in both high definition and 3D.[98][99][100] The regular DVD edition came out on December 6.[101]
In its first week of release, it sold 1.71 million Blu-ray units and generated $48.50 million, topping the weekly Blu-ray chart. However these results were quite skewed due to the one-month delay of its DVD-only release.[102] It sold 3.20 million Blu-ray units ($83.46 million) after 11 weeks.[103] It has also sold 1.12 million DVD units ($19.32 million).[104] Upon its television premiere on 29 December 2013 in the UK on BBC One, it was watched by a total of 5.4 million viewers, making it the third most watched program that night, according to overnight figures.[105]
Reception[edit]
Box-office performance[edit]
On Stranger Tides earned $241,071,802 in the North America, as of September 29, 2011, and $804,642,000 in other countries, as of December 11, 2011, for a worldwide total of $1,045,713,802.[106] It is the twelfth highest-grossing film worldwide, the third highest-grossing 2011 film, the second most successful installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the fourth highest-grossing Disney feature and the highest-grossing fourth film in a franchise.[107] On its worldwide opening weekend, it grossed $350.6 million, surpassing At World's End's $344 million opening as best in the series and ranking as the seventh highest worldwide opening.[108] It scored an IMAX worldwide opening-weekend record with $16.7 million[109] (first surpassed by Transformers: Dark of the Moon).[110]
It set records for the least time to reach $500, $600 and $700 million worldwide (in 10, 12 and 16 days respectively).[111][112][113] The first of these records was first surpassed by Dark of the Moon[114] and the other two by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.[115] After 46 days in theaters (July 2, 2011), it became the eighth film in cinema history and the fourth film released by Walt Disney Studios to cross the $1-billion-mark.[116] It set a record for the fastest Disney-distributed film to reach the milestone (first surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers)[117] and it is the fifth-fastest film overall to achieve this.[118]
North America[edit]
During its Thursday-midnight showings, On Stanger Tides earned $4.7 million from 2,210 theaters,[119] and $34,860,549 in total on its opening day.[120] It earned $90,151,958 on its opening weekend, topping the weekend box office, but earning much less than its two immediate predecessors (At World's End – $114.7 million and Dead Man's Chest – $135.6 million) and the directly preceding Johnny Depp spectacle (Alice in Wonderland – $116.1 million).[121] 3D showings accounted for only 46% of its opening weekend gross.[122] It closed on September 29, 2011, with a $241.1 million gross, ranking as the fifth highest-grossing film of 2011[123] and the least profitable film of the franchise.[124] However, it was the top-grossing movie during May 2011 (with $166.8 million by May 31).[125]
Outside North America[edit]
Outside North America, On Stranger Tides is the sixth highest-grossing film,[126] the third highest-grossing Disney film,[127] the second highest-grossing 2011 film and the highest-grossing film of the Pirates of the Caribbean series.[128] It is the highest-grossing Pirates film in at least 58 territories.[116]
During its opening day (Wednesday 18 May 2011), On Stranger Tides made $18.5 million from 10 territories.[129] It added 37 territories and $25.7 million on Thursday, for a two-day total of $44.2 million,[130] and on Friday, it expanded to almost all countries, earning $46.2 million for a three-day total of $92.1 million.[131] On its 5-day opening weekend as a whole, it earned a then-record $260.4 million from 18,210 screens in more than 100 territories, in all which it reached first place at the box office.[132] The record debut was surpassed later in the same summer season by Deathly Hallows Part 2.[133] Earnings originating from 3-D showings accounted for 66% of the weekend gross, which was a much greater share than in North America.[122] Its highest-grossing countries during its first weekend were Russia and the CIS ($31.42 million including previews),[134] China ($22.95 million)[135] and Germany ($20.53 million).[136][137] It dominated for three weekends at the overseas box office despite competition from Hangover 2, Kung Fu Panda 2 and X-Men: First Class.[138][139] It reached the $300, $400 and $500-million-mark at the box office outside North America in record time (7, 11 and 14 days respectively), records first surpassed by Deathly Hallows – Part 2.[116][140][141]
On Stranger Tides set opening day records in both Russia (including the CIS) and Sweden.[129] Subsequently, it set opening-weekend records in Latin America, the Middle East, Russia, Norway, Ukraine and Turkey,[78] still retaining the record in Russia ($26.8 million)[142] and Ukraine ($2.15 million).[143] Its highest-grossing market after North America is Japan ($108.9 million), where it managed to surpass the $100-million-mark and mark the franchise's highest-grossing film. Following in largest grosses are China ($71.8 million)[144] and Russia and the CIS ($63.7 million).[145] It is the highest-grossing film of 2011 in Russia and the CIS,[146] Austria,[147] Ukraine,[148] Greece,[149] Portugal and Angola,[150] South Africa,[151] Romania,[152] Bulgaria,[153] Egypt,[154] Estonia,[155] and Latvia.[145][156]
Critical reception[edit]
On Stranger Tides has received mixed reviews. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 33% based on 255 reviews, with a rating average of 5.1 out of 10. The site's consensus was "It's shorter and leaner than the previous sequel, but this Pirates runs aground on a disjointed plot and a non-stop barrage of noisy action sequences."[157] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a rating score of 45 based on 39 reviews.[158] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a B+ on an A+ to F scale.[77]
Roger Ebert gave On Stranger Tides two out of four stars, saying that although the removal of Knightley and Bloom as well as the addition of Cruz were positive aspects, the film in general was "too much of a muchness" for him.[159] Tom Long of The Detroit News gave a D+, saying that Jack Sparrow had "worn out his welcome". Despite the more linear plot, "the movie is still ridiculous". He found On Stranger Tides to be "precisely what you'd expect of the fourth installment of a movie based on an amusement park ride: a whole lot of noise, plenty of stunts and complete silliness."[160] British film critic Mark Kermode gave the film an overwhelmingly negative review on his 5 Live show, saying "it's not as staggeringly misjudged as the third part, because it is just nothing, it is just a big empty nothing, whereas part three I think was an active atrocity, it's just nothing at all".[161]
As with the previous films, the plot was criticized as incoherent and confusing. The Arizona Republic critic Bill Goodykoontz rated the film two out of five, stating that "the movie is a series of distractions tossed together in the hopes that they will come together in a coherent story. That never really happens."[162] Online reviewer James Berardinelli considered the script "little more than a clothesline from which to dangle all of the obligatory set pieces",[163] and USA Today's Claudia Puig found On Stranger Tides "familiar and predictable, ... often incoherent and crammed with pointless details."[164]
Mike Scott from The Times-Picayune mentions that "while this latest chapter isn't quite sharp enough to restore the sense of discovery that made that first outing so darn exciting, it's enough to make up for most of the missteps that made the third one so darn arrgh-inducing."[165] Writing for The A.V. Club, Tasha Robinson described On Stranger Tides as "a smaller film than past installments, by design and necessity", and felt that "the series has needed this streamlining" as the film "feels lightweight, but that's still better than bloated."[166]
On Stranger Tides also had positive reviews; some critics found the film to be entertaining and well-made. Richard Roeper gave the film a B+, describing it as "the most fun installment since the first", calling the story "pure cartoon, but a lot easier to follow than the other sequels", and summing as "the franchise is getting tired, but Penelope energizes it."[167] Along the same lines, Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post gave the film three out of four stars, writing that it "feels as fresh and bracingly exhilarating as the day Jack Sparrow first swashed his buckle, infusing new reckless energy into a franchise that shows no signs of furling its sails". She said that Marshall "swiftly and without fuss delivers the action set pieces and eye-popping escapism" and praised Depp, Cruz, and McShane's performances.[168] Ray Bennett from The Hollywood Reporter considered that Marshall "shows terrific flair with all the usual chases and sword fights, and he handles the 3D well", and welcomed Penélope Cruz's character, saying she "brings her Oscar-winning vivacity" and had "lively sexual tension" with Depp.[169] Writing for The Globe and Mail, Rick Groen found the action scenes to range from "merely competent to tritely cluttered", but he was pleased with the overall result, calling McShane a "fresh villain" whose "stentorian tones are welcome anywhere".[170] Variety's Andrew Barker considered the film derivative, but accessible. "It has nary an original idea and still doesn't make much sense, but it's lost all pretensions that it should". He praised Geoffrey Rush, stating that he "not only gets the funniest lines and reaction shots, but also starts to siphon away much of the roguish charm that used to be Depp's stock and trade."[168]
Accolades[edit]
See also: List of accolades received by the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
The film was nominated for four Teen Choice Awards: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actor, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actress, and Villain.[171] Its trailer and TV spot were nominated for Golden Trailer Awards.[172]
Sequel[edit]
On May 29, 2013, it was announced that Kon-Tiki directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg would be directing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.[173][174][175]
In September, 2013, Disney announced that Dead Men Tell No Tales is slated for a release between 2015 and 2016.[176]
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119.Jump up ^ "Forecast: 'Pirates' Has Some Life Left in It". Box Office Mojo. 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
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125.Jump up ^ "May Posts Record Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
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146.Jump up ^ Russia – CIS Yearly Box Office
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148.Jump up ^ Ukraine Yearly Box Office
149.Jump up ^ Greece Yearly Box Office
150.Jump up ^ Portugal and Angola Yearly Box Office
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155.Jump up ^ Estonia Yearly Box Office
156.Jump up ^ Latvia Yearly Box Office
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