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2006 • PG-13 • 2h 31m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Captain Jack is back!

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3.76

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CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$136.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$423.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.06B

$641.20M international

Domestic legs3.11x

Budget$225M

2006 rank#1

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Cast & crew

Full Verbinski filmography

Gore Verbinski

Gore Verbinski Director

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom Starring

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Starring

Jack Davenport

Jack Davenport Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

ScreenplayTed Elliott, Terry Rossio StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesPirates of the Caribbean

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 7-9 1 $135.6M — 4,133 $32,817 $135.6M

2 Jul 14-16 1 $62.3M −54.0% 4,133 $15,084 $258.4M

3 Jul 21-23 1 $35.2M −43.5% 4,133 $8,520 $321.9M

4 Jul 28-30 2 $20.6M −41.5% 3,834 $5,374 $358.5M

5 Aug 4-6 3 $11.0M −46.6% 3,436 $3,201 $379.7M

6 Aug 11-13 6 $7.2M −34.2% 2,941 $2,461 $392.4M

7 Aug 18-20 8 $5.2M −28.0% 2,277 $2,289 $401.3M

8 Aug 25-27 11 $4.0M −23.7% 1,701 $2,339 $407.5M

9 Sep 1-3 11 $3.8M −4.9% 1,786 $2,119 $412.9M

10 Sep 8-10 14 $2.0M −47.3% 1,589 $1,255 $416.6M

11 Sep 29-Oct 1 20 $464.7K −76.7% 485 $958 $420.3M

12 Oct 6-8 26 $288.5K −37.9% 323 $893 $420.8M

13 Oct 13-15 29 $187.3K −35.1% 213 $879 $421.1M

14 Oct 20-22 39 $119.9K −36.0% 142 $844 $421.2M

15 Oct 27-29 39 $108.4K −9.6% 148 $732 $421.4M

16 Nov 3-5 35 $121.6K +12.2% 128 $950 $421.6M

17 Nov 10-12 25 $461.9K +279.7% 358 $1,290 $422.1M

18 Nov 17-19 22 $317.3K −31.3% 329 $964 $422.5M

19 Nov 24-26 22 $312.1K −1.6% 293 $1,065 $423.0M

20 Dec 1-3 24 $179.2K −42.6% 268 $668 $423.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 7 #1 $55.8M — $55.8M 4,133 $13,508 1

Sat Jul 8 #1 $44.4M −20% $100.3M 4,133 $10,753 2

Sun Jul 9 #1 $35.4M −20% $135.6M 4,133 $8,555 3

Mon Jul 10 #1 $18.1M −49% $153.8M 4,133 $4,389 4

Tue Jul 11 #1 $15.7M −13% $169.5M 4,133 $3,806 5

Wed Jul 12 #1 $14.2M −10% $183.7M 4,133 $3,424 6

Thu Jul 13 #1 $12.4M −13% $196.0M 4,133 $2,990 7

Fri Jul 14 #1 $18.5M +50% −67% $214.6M 4,133 $4,486 8

Sat Jul 15 #1 $24.8M +34% −44% $239.4M 4,133 $6,011 9

Sun Jul 16 #1 $19.0M −24% −46% $258.4M 4,133 $4,586 10

Mon Jul 17 #1 $7.9M −58% −56% $266.3M 4,133 $1,914 11

Tue Jul 18 #1 $7.5M −5% −52% $273.8M 4,133 $1,812 12

Wed Jul 19 #1 $6.4M −14% −54% $280.2M 4,133 $1,560 13

Thu Jul 20 #1 $6.5M n/c −48% $286.7M 4,133 $1,564 14

Fri Jul 21 #1 $10.0M +54% −46% $296.7M 4,133 $2,417 15

Sat Jul 22 #1 $14.7M +47% −41% $311.3M 4,133 $3,548 16

Sun Jul 23 #1 $10.6M −28% −44% $321.9M 4,133 $2,554 17

Mon Jul 24 #1 $4.3M −59% −46% $326.2M 4,133 $1,041 18

Tue Jul 25 #1 $4.2M −2% −44% $330.4M 4,133 $1,021 19

Wed Jul 26 #1 $3.7M −12% −42% $334.1M 4,133 $897 20

Thu Jul 27 #1 $3.7M +1% −42% $337.9M 4,133 $906 21

Fri Jul 28 #3 $6.0M +59% −40% $343.8M 3,834 $1,556 22

Sat Jul 29 #2 $8.4M +41% −43% $352.2M 3,834 $2,187 23

Sun Jul 30 #2 $6.3M −25% −41% $358.5M 3,834 $1,630 24

Mon Jul 31 #2 $2.6M −58% −40% $361.1M 3,834 $679 25

Tue Aug 1 #2 $2.7M +6% −35% $363.8M 3,834 $717 26

Wed Aug 2 #1 $2.5M −7% −31% $366.4M 3,834 $664 27

Thu Aug 3 #1 $2.3M −9% −38% $368.7M 3,834 $602 28

Fri Aug 4 #4 $3.2M +40% −46% $371.9M 3,436 $943 29

Sat Aug 5 #3 $4.5M +38% −47% $376.4M 3,436 $1,304 30

Sun Aug 6 #3 $3.3M −27% −48% $379.7M 3,436 $954 31

Mon Aug 7 #3 $1.6M −52% −40% $381.3M 3,436 $458 32

Tue Aug 8 #3 $1.4M −12% −50% $382.7M 3,436 $402 33

Wed Aug 9 #4 $1.2M −11% −52% $383.9M 3,436 $356 34

Thu Aug 10 #4 $1.3M +7% −43% $385.2M 3,436 $381 35

Fri Aug 11 #6 $2.1M +59% −36% $387.3M 2,941 $707 36

Sat Aug 12 #5 $3.1M +47% −32% $390.3M 2,941 $1,039 37

Sun Aug 13 #5 $2.1M −31% −36% $392.4M 2,941 $714 38

Mon Aug 14 #5 $938.0K −55% −40% $393.4M 2,941 $318 39

Tue Aug 15 #5 $1.0M +7% −28% $394.4M 2,941 $340 40

Wed Aug 16 #5 $836.7K −16% −32% $395.2M 2,941 $284 41

Thu Aug 17 #5 $832.3K −1% −37% $396.0M 2,941 $282 42

Fri Aug 18 #9 $1.4M +66% −33% $397.4M 2,277 $608 43

Sat Aug 19 #8 $2.2M +62% −27% $399.7M 2,277 $984 44

Sun Aug 20 #8 $1.6M −29% −25% $401.3M 2,277 $696 45

Mon Aug 21 #8 $568.3K −64% −39% $401.8M 2,277 $249 46

Tue Aug 22 #8 $593.8K +4% −41% $402.4M 2,277 $260 47

Wed Aug 23 #8 $560.4K −6% −33% $403.0M 2,277 $246 48

Thu Aug 24 #8 $589.7K +5% −29% $403.6M 2,277 $258 49

Fri Aug 25 #11 $1.1M +80% −23% $404.6M 1,701 $624 50

Sat Aug 26 #11 $1.7M +59% −25% $406.3M 1,701 $990 51

Sun Aug 27 #11 $1.2M −27% −22% $407.5M 1,701 $724 52

Mon Aug 28 #11 $425.1K −66% −25% $408.0M 1,701 $249 53

Tue Aug 29 #11 $422.6K −1% −29% $408.4M 1,701 $248 54

Wed Aug 30 #11 $374.0K −11% −33% $408.8M 1,701 $219 55

Thu Aug 31 #10 $331.7K −11% −44% $409.1M 1,701 $195 56

Fri Sep 1 $829.3K +150% −22% $409.9M 1,786 $464 57

Sat Sep 2 #11 $1.5M +77% −13% $411.4M 1,786 $823 58

Sun Sep 3 #11 $1.5M +1% +21% $412.9M 1,786 $831 59

Mon Sep 4 #9 $1.1M −24% +166% $414.0M 1,786 $633 60

Tue Sep 5 $215.5K −81% −49% $414.2M 1,786 $120 61

Wed Sep 6 #10 $185.7K −14% −50% $414.4M 1,786 $103 62

Thu Sep 7 #10 $181.4K −2% −45% $414.6M 1,786 $101 63

Fri Sep 8 #14 $494.9K +173% −40% $415.1M 1,589 $311 64

Sat Sep 9 #14 $974.7K +97% −34% $416.1M 1,589 $613 65

Sun Sep 10 #14 $525.0K −46% −65% $416.6M 1,589 $330 66

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$416.6M

Jul 7Jul 23Aug 9Aug 25Sep 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0M

$135.6M

$62.3M

$35.2M

$20.6M

$11.0M

$7.2M

$5.2M

$4.0M

$3.8M

$2.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,133 → 1,589 −61.6%

4,133 open1,589 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.3%

−54.0%

W1→2

−43.5%

W2→3

−41.5%

W3→4

−46.6%

W4→5

−34.2%

W5→6

−28.0%

W6→7

−23.7%

W7→8

−4.9%

W8→9

−47.3%

W9→10

Steepest −54.0%Best hold −4.9%

Run milestones

$400M in 45 days

$100M

Day 2

Jul 8

$200M

Day 8

Jul 14

$300M

Day 16

Jul 22

$400M

Day 45

Aug 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#9 Biggest July openingsAll-time $135.6M #45 Biggest domestic runsAll-time $423.3M #45 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $135.6M #48 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $1.06B

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