Name: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Director: Rob Marshall
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 2011
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri May 20	#1	$34.86M		—	$34.86M	4,155	$8.4K	1
Sat May 21	#1	$31.92M	-8%	—	$66.78M	4,155	$7.7K	2
Sun May 22	#1	$23.37M	-27%	—	$90.15M	4,155	$5.6K	3
Mon May 23	#1	$8.14M	-65%	—	$98.30M	4,155	$2.0K	4
Tue May 24	#1	$6.05M	-26%	—	$104.35M	4,155	$1.5K	5
Wed May 25	#1	$4.71M	-22%	—	$109.05M	4,155	$1.1K	6
Thu May 26	#3	$4.54M	-3%	—	$113.60M	4,155	$1.1K	7
Fri May 27	#3	$10.93M	+141%	-69%	$124.52M	4,164	$2.6K	8
Sat May 28	#3	$15.18M	+39%	-52%	$139.70M	4,164	$3.6K	9
Sun May 29	#3	$13.72M	-10%	-41%	$153.42M	4,164	$3.3K	10
Mon May 30	#3	$10.18M	-26%	+25%	$163.61M	4,164	$2.4K	11
Tue May 31	#3	$3.17M	-69%	-48%	$166.77M	4,164	$760	12
Wed Jun 1	#3	$2.72M	-14%	-42%	$169.49M	4,164	$652	13
Thu Jun 2	#3	$2.76M	+1%	-39%	$172.25M	4,164	$661	14
Fri Jun 3	#4	$5.14M	+86%	-53%	$177.38M	3,966	$1.3K	15
Sat Jun 4	#4	$7.65M	+49%	-50%	$185.03M	3,966	$1.9K	16
Sun Jun 5	#4	$5.17M	-32%	-62%	$190.20M	3,966	$1.3K	17
Mon Jun 6	#4	$1.86M	-64%	-82%	$192.06M	3,966	$468	18
Tue Jun 7	#4	$2.09M	+13%	-34%	$194.15M	3,966	$527	19
Wed Jun 8	#4	$1.85M	-11%	-32%	$196.00M	3,966	$467	20
Thu Jun 9	#4	$1.92M	+4%	-30%	$197.93M	3,966	$484	21
Fri Jun 10	#5	$3.15M	+64%	-39%	$201.08M	3,433	$916	22
Sat Jun 11	#5	$4.67M	+48%	-39%	$205.75M	3,433	$1.4K	23
Sun Jun 12	#5	$3.13M	-33%	-40%	$208.87M	3,433	$910	24
Mon Jun 13	#6	$1.24M	-60%	-33%	$210.11M	3,433	$361	25
Tue Jun 14	#6	$1.41M	+14%	-33%	$211.52M	3,433	$411	26
Wed Jun 15	#6	$1.25M	-11%	-32%	$212.78M	3,433	$364	27
Thu Jun 16	#6	$1.32M	+6%	-31%	$214.10M	3,433	$385	28
Fri Jun 17	#8	$1.78M	+35%	-43%	$215.88M	3,433	$519	29
Sat Jun 18	#8	$2.47M	+38%	-47%	$218.35M	2,742	$899	30
Sun Jun 19	#7	$2.40M	-3%	-23%	$220.75M	2,742	$874	31
Mon Jun 20	#8	$844K	-65%	-32%	$221.59M	2,742	$307	32
Tue Jun 21	#8	$923K	+9%	-35%	$222.51M	2,742	$336	33
Wed Jun 22	#8	$892K	-3%	-29%	$223.41M	2,742	$325	34
Thu Jun 23	#8	$952K	+7%	-28%	$224.36M	2,742	$347	35
Fri Jun 24	#9	$1.64M	+72%	-8%	$225.99M	2,244	$728	36
Sat Jun 25	#9	$2.02M	+24%	-18%	$228.01M	2,244	$900	37
Sun Jun 26	#9	$1.27M	-37%	-47%	$229.29M	2,244	$567	38
Mon Jun 27	#9	$630K	-50%	-25%	$229.92M	2,244	$280	39
Tue Jun 28	#12	$647K	+3%	-30%	$230.56M	2,244	$288	40
Wed Jun 29	#11	$447K	-31%	-50%	$231.01M	2,244	$199	41
Thu Jun 30	#10	$536K	+20%	-44%	$231.55M	2,244	$238	42
Fri Jul 1	#12	$656K	+22%	-60%	$232.20M	1,473	$445	43
Sat Jul 2	#12	$788K	+20%	-61%	$232.99M	1,473	$534	44
Sun Jul 3	#12	$746K	-5%	-41%	$233.74M	1,473	$506	45
Mon Jul 4	#12	$439K	-41%	-30%	$234.18M	1,473	$297	46
Tue Jul 5	#13	$335K	-24%	-48%	$234.51M	1,473	$227	47
Wed Jul 6	#12	$325K	-3%	-27%	$234.84M	1,473	$220	48
Thu Jul 7	#12	$359K	+10%	-33%	$235.20M	1,473	$243	49
Fri Jul 8		$331K	-8%	-49%	$235.53M	622	$532	50
Sat Jul 9		$441K	+33%	-44%	$235.97M	622	$708	51
Sun Jul 10		$282K	-36%	-62%	$236.25M	622	$453	52
Mon Jul 11	#14	$151K	-47%	-66%	$236.40M	622	$242	53
Tue Jul 12	#15	$172K	+14%	-49%	$236.57M	622	$276	54
Wed Jul 13	#14	$144K	-16%	-56%	$236.72M	622	$231	55
Thu Jul 14	#14	$143K	-1%	-60%	$236.86M	622	$230	56
Fri Jul 15		$145K	+1%	-56%	$237.01M	373	$387	57
Sat Jul 16		$208K	+44%	-53%	$237.21M	373	$556	58
Sun Jul 17		$141K	-32%	-50%	$237.35M	373	$377	59
Mon Jul 18		$83K	-41%	-45%	$237.44M	373	$223	60
Tue Jul 19		$93K	+12%	-46%	$237.53M	373	$250	61
Wed Jul 20		$84K	-10%	-42%	$237.61M	373	$225	62
Thu Jul 21		$96K	+14%	-33%	$237.71M	373	$256	63
Mon Sep 5	#39	$55K			$240.79M	186	$296	109

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 20-22	1	$90.15M	—	$90.15M	4,155	$21.7K	1
May 27-29	3	$39.83M	-55.8%	$153.42M	4,164	$9.6K	2
Jun 3-5	4	$17.95M	-54.9%	$190.20M	3,966	$4.5K	3
Jun 10-12	5	$10.95M	-39.0%	$208.87M	3,433	$3.2K	4
Jun 17-19	8	$6.65M	-39.3%	$220.75M	2,742	$2.4K	5
Jun 24-26	9	$4.93M	-25.8%	$229.29M	2,244	$2.2K	6
Jul 1-3	13	$2.19M	-55.6%	$233.74M	1,473	$1.5K	7
Jul 8-10	15	$1.05M	-51.9%	$236.25M	622	$1.7K	8
Jul 15-17	19	$493K	-53.2%	$237.35M	373	$1.3K	9
Jul 22-24	23	$311K	-36.8%	$238.02M	246	$1.3K	10
Jul 29-31	28	$205K	-34.1%	$238.43M	246	$834	11
Aug 5-7	18	$449K	+118.5%	$239.05M	274	$1.6K	12
Aug 12-14	25	$330K	-26.5%	$239.68M	254	$1.3K	13
Aug 19-21	28	$263K	-20.1%	$240.14M	231	$1.1K	14
Aug 26-28	33	$194K	-26.5%	$240.46M	211	$917	15
Sep 2-4	38	$198K	+2.1%	$240.74M	186	$1.1K	16
Sep 9-11	45	$92K	-53.3%	$240.92M	150	$614	17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRob Marshall

ScreenplayTerry Rossio, Ted Elliott

StarringJohnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally, Sam Claflin

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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