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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 2h 17m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Live forever or die trying.

🍅 32% 54%

45

2.95

6.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$90.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$241.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.05B

$804.60M international

Domestic legs2.67x

Budget$250M

2011 rank#5

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Cast & crew

Full Marshall filmography

Rob Marshall

Rob Marshall Director

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Starring

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush Starring

Ian McShane

Ian McShane Starring

Kevin McNally

Kevin McNally Starring

ScreenplayTerry Rossio, Ted Elliott StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesPirates of the Caribbean

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 20-22 1 $90.2M — 4,155 $21,697 $90.2M

2 May 27-29 3 $39.8M −55.8% 4,164 $9,565 $153.4M

3 Jun 3-5 4 $18.0M −54.9% 3,966 $4,527 $190.2M

4 Jun 10-12 5 $10.9M −39.0% 3,433 $3,188 $208.9M

5 Jun 17-19 8 $6.6M −39.3% 2,742 $2,423 $220.7M

6 Jun 24-26 9 $4.9M −25.8% 2,244 $2,196 $229.3M

7 Jul 1-3 13 $2.2M −55.6% 1,473 $1,487 $233.7M

8 Jul 8-10 15 $1.1M −51.9% 622 $1,695 $236.3M

9 Jul 15-17 19 $493.2K −53.2% 373 $1,322 $237.4M

10 Jul 22-24 23 $311.5K −36.8% 246 $1,266 $238.0M

11 Jul 29-31 28 $205.4K −34.1% 246 $834 $238.4M

12 Aug 5-7 18 $448.8K +118.5% 274 $1,638 $239.0M

13 Aug 12-14 25 $329.7K −26.5% 254 $1,297 $239.7M

14 Aug 19-21 28 $263.3K −20.1% 231 $1,139 $240.1M

15 Aug 26-28 33 $193.5K −26.5% 211 $917 $240.5M

16 Sep 2-4 38 $197.7K +2.1% 186 $1,062 $240.7M

17 Sep 9-11 45 $92.2K −53.3% 150 $614 $240.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 20 #1 $34.9M — $34.9M 4,155 $8,390 1

Sat May 21 #1 $31.9M −8% $66.8M 4,155 $7,682 2

Sun May 22 #1 $23.4M −27% $90.2M 4,155 $5,624 3

Mon May 23 #1 $8.1M −65% $98.3M 4,155 $1,959 4

Tue May 24 #1 $6.1M −26% $104.3M 4,155 $1,456 5

Wed May 25 #1 $4.7M −22% $109.1M 4,155 $1,132 6

Thu May 26 #3 $4.5M −3% $113.6M 4,155 $1,093 7

Fri May 27 #3 $10.9M +141% −69% $124.5M 4,164 $2,624 8

Sat May 28 #3 $15.2M +39% −52% $139.7M 4,164 $3,646 9

Sun May 29 #3 $13.7M −10% −41% $153.4M 4,164 $3,294 10

Mon May 30 #3 $10.2M −26% +25% $163.6M 4,164 $2,445 11

Tue May 31 #3 $3.2M −69% −48% $166.8M 4,164 $760 12

Wed Jun 1 #3 $2.7M −14% −42% $169.5M 4,164 $652 13

Thu Jun 2 #3 $2.8M +1% −39% $172.2M 4,164 $661 14

Fri Jun 3 #4 $5.1M +86% −53% $177.4M 3,966 $1,294 15

Sat Jun 4 #4 $7.6M +49% −50% $185.0M 3,966 $1,927 16

Sun Jun 5 #4 $5.2M −32% −62% $190.2M 3,966 $1,304 17

Mon Jun 6 #4 $1.9M −64% −82% $192.1M 3,966 $468 18

Tue Jun 7 #4 $2.1M +13% −34% $194.2M 3,966 $527 19

Wed Jun 8 #4 $1.9M −11% −32% $196.0M 3,966 $467 20

Thu Jun 9 #4 $1.9M +4% −30% $197.9M 3,966 $484 21

Fri Jun 10 #5 $3.1M +64% −39% $201.1M 3,433 $916 22

Sat Jun 11 #5 $4.7M +48% −39% $205.7M 3,433 $1,360 23

Sun Jun 12 #5 $3.1M −33% −40% $208.9M 3,433 $910 24

Mon Jun 13 #6 $1.2M −60% −33% $210.1M 3,433 $361 25

Tue Jun 14 #6 $1.4M +14% −33% $211.5M 3,433 $411 26

Wed Jun 15 #6 $1.3M −11% −32% $212.8M 3,433 $364 27

Thu Jun 16 #6 $1.3M +6% −31% $214.1M 3,433 $385 28

Fri Jun 17 #8 $1.8M +35% −43% $215.9M 3,433 $519 29

Sat Jun 18 #8 $2.5M +38% −47% $218.3M 2,742 $899 30

Sun Jun 19 #7 $2.4M −3% −23% $220.7M 2,742 $874 31

Mon Jun 20 #8 $843.8K −65% −32% $221.6M 2,742 $307 32

Tue Jun 21 #8 $923.2K +9% −35% $222.5M 2,742 $336 33

Wed Jun 22 #8 $892.4K −3% −29% $223.4M 2,742 $325 34

Thu Jun 23 #8 $952.3K +7% −28% $224.4M 2,742 $347 35

Fri Jun 24 #9 $1.6M +72% −8% $226.0M 2,244 $728 36

Sat Jun 25 #9 $2.0M +24% −18% $228.0M 2,244 $900 37

Sun Jun 26 #9 $1.3M −37% −47% $229.3M 2,244 $567 38

Mon Jun 27 #9 $630.0K −50% −25% $229.9M 2,244 $280 39

Tue Jun 28 #12 $647.3K +3% −30% $230.6M 2,244 $288 40

Wed Jun 29 #11 $447.4K −31% −50% $231.0M 2,244 $199 41

Thu Jun 30 #10 $535.9K +20% −44% $231.5M 2,244 $238 42

Fri Jul 1 #12 $656.1K +22% −60% $232.2M 1,473 $445 43

Sat Jul 2 #12 $788.0K +20% −61% $233.0M 1,473 $534 44

Sun Jul 3 #12 $746.3K −5% −41% $233.7M 1,473 $506 45

Mon Jul 4 #12 $438.6K −41% −30% $234.2M 1,473 $297 46

Tue Jul 5 #13 $335.1K −24% −48% $234.5M 1,473 $227 47

Wed Jul 6 #12 $324.9K −3% −27% $234.8M 1,473 $220 48

Thu Jul 7 #12 $358.8K +10% −33% $235.2M 1,473 $243 49

Fri Jul 8 $331.5K −8% −49% $235.5M 622 $532 50

Sat Jul 9 $440.9K +33% −44% $236.0M 622 $708 51

Sun Jul 10 $282.3K −36% −62% $236.3M 622 $453 52

Mon Jul 11 #14 $150.9K −47% −66% $236.4M 622 $242 53

Tue Jul 12 #15 $172.0K +14% −49% $236.6M 622 $276 54

Wed Jul 13 #14 $144.0K −16% −56% $236.7M 622 $231 55

Thu Jul 14 #14 $143.1K −1% −60% $236.9M 622 $230 56

Fri Jul 15 $144.6K +1% −56% $237.0M 373 $387 57

Sat Jul 16 $207.7K +44% −53% $237.2M 373 $556 58

Sun Jul 17 $140.9K −32% −50% $237.4M 373 $377 59

Mon Jul 18 $83.3K −41% −45% $237.4M 373 $223 60

Tue Jul 19 $93.5K +12% −46% $237.5M 373 $250 61

Wed Jul 20 $84.2K −10% −42% $237.6M 373 $225 62

Thu Jul 21 $95.7K +14% −33% $237.7M 373 $256 63

Mon Sep 5 #39 $55.2K — $240.8M 186 $296 109

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

Cumulative total$237.7M

May 20Jun 5Jun 20Jul 6Jul 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $311.5K

$90.2M

$39.8M

$18.0M

$10.9M

$6.6M

$4.9M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$493.2K

$311.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,164 → 373 −91.0%

4,155 open373 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.8%

−55.8%

W1→2

−54.9%

W2→3

−39.0%

W3→4

−39.3%

W4→5

−25.8%

W5→6

−55.6%

W6→7

−51.9%

W7→8

−53.2%

W8→9

−36.8%

W9→10

Steepest −55.8%Best hold −25.8%

Run milestones

$200M in 22 days

$100M

Day 5

May 24

$200M

Day 22

Jun 10

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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