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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlFollow

2003 • PG-13 • 2h 23m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Prepare to be blown out of the water.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$46.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$305.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$654.30M

$348.90M international

Domestic legs6.55x

Budget$140M

2003 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Verbinski filmography

Gore Verbinski

Gore Verbinski Director

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush Starring

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom Starring

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Starring

Jack Davenport

Jack Davenport Starring

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

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 11-13 1 $46.6M — 3,269 $14,264 $70.6M

2 Jul 18-20 2 $34.0M −27.0% 3,359 $10,132 $133.0M

3 Jul 25-27 2 $23.1M −32.0% 3,416 $6,772 $176.8M

4 Aug 1-3 3 $18.8M −18.6% 3,390 $5,558 $209.5M

5 Aug 8-10 4 $13.0M −30.9% 3,170 $4,108 $232.8M

6 Aug 15-17 6 $9.2M −29.6% 2,710 $3,382 $248.7M

7 Aug 22-24 6 $7.3M −20.6% 2,404 $3,026 $260.9M

8 Aug 29-31 5 $8.0M +9.5% 2,227 $3,578 $272.2M

9 Sep 5-7 3 $5.3M −33.9% 2,203 $2,392 $281.8M

10 Sep 12-14 5 $4.5M −14.5% 2,029 $2,220 $287.9M

11 Sep 19-21 9 $3.5M −22.8% 1,746 $1,993 $292.5M

12 Sep 26-28 12 $2.4M −31.8% 1,443 $1,645 $295.7M

13 Oct 3-5 13 $1.6M −31.4% 1,211 $1,345 $297.9M

14 Oct 10-12 15 $1.0M −37.3% 801 $1,276 $299.5M

15 Oct 17-19 16 $653.7K −36.0% 493 $1,325 $300.6M

16 Nov 21-23 19 $421.9K −35.5% 375 $1,124 $304.2M

17 Nov 28-30 23 $430.1K +1.9% 342 $1,257 $304.9M

18 Dec 5-7 28 $165.1K −61.6% 283 $583 $305.1M

19 Dec 12-14 35 $84.8K −48.6% 213 $398 $305.3M

20 Dec 19-21 48 $40.5K −52.2% 124 $326 $305.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 9 #1 $13.5M — $13.5M 3,023 $4,468 1

Thu Jul 10 #1 $10.5M −22% $24.0M 3,023 $3,468 2

Fri Jul 11 #1 $14.8M +42% $38.8M 3,269 $4,539 3

Sat Jul 12 #1 $17.4M +17% $56.3M 3,269 $5,327 4

Sun Jul 13 #1 $14.4M −17% $70.6M 3,269 $4,397 5

Mon Jul 14 #1 $7.5M −48% $78.1M 3,269 $2,295 6

Tue Jul 15 #1 $7.4M −2% $85.5M 3,269 $2,248 7

Wed Jul 16 #1 $7.1M −4% −48% $92.5M 3,269 $2,158 8

Thu Jul 17 #1 $6.4M −9% −39% $99.0M 3,269 $1,968 9

Fri Jul 18 #2 $10.5M +63% −29% $109.5M 3,359 $3,127 10

Sat Jul 19 #2 $13.1M +25% −25% $122.6M 3,359 $3,898 11

Sun Jul 20 #2 $10.4M −20% −27% $133.0M 3,359 $3,106 12

Mon Jul 21 #2 $5.3M −49% −29% $138.3M 3,359 $1,587 13

Tue Jul 22 #1 $5.4M +2% −26% $143.8M 3,359 $1,622 14

Wed Jul 23 #1 $5.1M −7% −28% $148.9M 3,359 $1,512 15

Thu Jul 24 #1 $4.8M −5% −25% $153.7M 3,359 $1,438 16

Fri Jul 25 #3 $6.8M +41% −35% $160.5M 3,416 $1,994 17

Sat Jul 26 #2 $9.0M +32% −32% $169.5M 3,416 $2,624 18

Sun Jul 27 #2 $7.4M −18% −30% $176.8M 3,416 $2,153 19

Mon Jul 28 #2 $3.6M −51% −33% $180.4M 3,416 $1,048 20

Tue Jul 29 #2 $3.6M n/c −34% $184.0M 3,416 $1,052 21

Wed Jul 30 #2 $3.3M −9% −36% $187.3M 3,416 $958 22

Thu Jul 31 #2 $3.4M +4% −30% $190.7M 3,416 $994 23

Fri Aug 1 #3 $5.7M +66% −17% $196.3M 3,390 $1,667 24

Sat Aug 2 #3 $7.4M +31% −17% $203.7M 3,390 $2,184 25

Sun Aug 3 #3 $5.8M −22% −21% $209.5M 3,390 $1,706 26

Mon Aug 4 #2 $2.8M −51% −21% $212.4M 3,390 $838 27

Tue Aug 5 #2 $2.7M −3% −24% $215.1M 3,390 $810 28

Wed Aug 6 #3 $2.3M −17% −30% $217.4M 3,390 $676 29

Thu Aug 7 #3 $2.3M +1% −32% $219.7M 3,390 $682 30

Fri Aug 8 #4 $3.8M +64% −33% $223.5M 3,170 $1,196 31

Sat Aug 9 #4 $5.3M +39% −29% $228.8M 3,170 $1,666 32

Sun Aug 10 #4 $3.9M −25% −32% $232.8M 3,170 $1,244 33

Mon Aug 11 #4 $1.8M −54% −35% $234.6M 3,170 $578 34

Tue Aug 12 #4 $1.9M +1% −33% $236.4M 3,170 $584 35

Wed Aug 13 #4 $1.7M −11% −28% $238.1M 3,170 $521 36

Thu Aug 14 #4 $1.3M −18% −42% $239.4M 3,170 $424 37

Fri Aug 15 #7 $2.6M +90% −32% $242.1M 2,710 $945 38

Sat Aug 16 #6 $3.9M +51% −27% $246.0M 2,710 $1,423 39

Sun Aug 17 #6 $2.7M −29% −30% $248.7M 2,710 $1,013 40

Mon Aug 18 #6 $1.3M −54% −31% $250.0M 2,710 $467 41

Tue Aug 19 #6 $1.3M +3% −29% $251.3M 2,710 $482 42

Wed Aug 20 #6 $1.2M −11% −30% $252.5M 2,710 $427 43

Thu Aug 21 #5 $1.2M +3% −11% $253.7M 2,710 $440 44

Fri Aug 22 #6 $2.1M +77% −17% $255.8M 2,404 $882 45

Sat Aug 23 #6 $3.0M +43% −22% $258.9M 2,404 $1,259 46

Sun Aug 24 #6 $2.1M −32% −24% $260.9M 2,404 $862 47

Mon Aug 25 #5 $835.0K −60% −34% $261.8M 2,404 $347 48

Tue Aug 26 #5 $912.0K +9% −30% $262.7M 2,404 $379 49

Wed Aug 27 #5 $781.0K −14% −33% $263.5M 2,404 $324 50

Thu Aug 28 #5 $746.0K −4% −38% $264.2M 2,404 $310 51

Fri Aug 29 #5 $1.9M +157% −10% $266.1M 2,227 $860 52

Sat Aug 30 #5 $3.0M +55% −2% $269.1M 2,227 $1,332 53

Sun Aug 31 #4 $3.1M +4% +49% $272.2M 2,227 $1,386 54

Mon Sep 1 #3 $2.8M −8% +241% $275.0M 2,227 $1,279 55

Tue Sep 2 #3 $593.0K −79% −35% $275.6M 2,227 $266 56

Wed Sep 3 #3 $491.0K −17% −37% $276.1M 2,227 $220 57

Thu Sep 4 #3 $457.0K −7% −39% $276.6M 2,227 $205 58

Fri Sep 5 #4 $1.4M +211% −26% $278.0M 2,203 $645 59

Sat Sep 6 #3 $2.5M +72% −17% $280.4M 2,203 $1,113 60

Sun Sep 7 #3 $1.4M −43% −55% $281.8M 2,203 $631 61

Mon Sep 8 #2 $336.4K −76% −88% $282.2M 2,203 $152 62

Tue Sep 9 #1 $433.9K +29% −27% $282.6M 2,203 $196 63

Wed Sep 10 #2 $375.2K −14% −24% $283.0M 2,203 $170 64

Thu Sep 11 #1 $401.0K +7% −12% $283.4M 2,203 $182 65

Fri Sep 12 #5 $1.2M +190% −18% $284.5M 2,029 $573 66

Sat Sep 13 #5 $2.2M +88% −11% $286.7M 2,029 $1,075 67

Sun Sep 14 #5 $1.2M −47% −17% $287.9M 2,029 $571 68

Mon Sep 15 #4 $256.4K −78% −24% $288.1M 2,029 $126 69

Tue Sep 16 #4 $308.8K +20% −29% $288.4M 2,029 $152 70

Wed Sep 17 #4 $276.7K −10% −26% $288.7M 2,029 $136 71

Thu Sep 18 #4 $288.7K +4% −28% $289.0M 2,029 $142 72

Fri Sep 19 #9 $1.0M +256% −12% $290.0M 1,746 $588 73

Sat Sep 20 #9 $1.6M +55% −27% $291.6M 1,746 $912 74

Sun Sep 21 #9 $860.3K −46% −26% $292.5M 1,746 $492 75

Mon Sep 22 #9 $198.7K −77% −23% $292.7M 1,746 $113 76

Tue Sep 23 #9 $240.7K +21% −22% $292.9M 1,746 $137 77

Wed Sep 24 #9 $199.3K −17% −28% $293.1M 1,746 $114 78

Thu Sep 25 #9 $204.2K +2% −29% $293.3M 1,746 $116 79

Fri Sep 26 #11 $627.8K +207% −39% $294.0M 1,443 $435 80

Sat Sep 27 #11 $1.1M +78% −30% $295.1M 1,443 $776 81

Sun Sep 28 #11 $626.0K −44% −27% $295.7M 1,443 $433 82

Mon Sep 29 #11 $141.5K −77% −29% $295.9M 1,443 $98 83

Tue Sep 30 #11 $164.6K +16% −32% $296.0M 1,443 $114 84

Wed Oct 1 #11 $141.0K −14% −29% $296.2M 1,443 $97 85

Thu Oct 2 #11 $141.4K n/c −31% $296.3M 1,443 $97 86

Fri Oct 3 #11 $435.4K +208% −31% $296.7M 1,211 $359 87

Sat Oct 4 #11 $775.1K +78% −31% $297.5M 1,211 $640 88

Sun Oct 5 #11 $418.7K −46% −33% $297.9M 1,211 $345 89

Mon Oct 6 #11 $133.2K −68% −6% $298.1M 1,211 $110 90

Tue Oct 7 #11 $135.5K +2% −18% $298.2M 1,211 $111 91

Thu Oct 9 #11 $130.0K — −8% $298.4M 1,211 $107 93

Fri Oct 10 #11 $272.5K +110% −37% $298.7M 801 $340 94

Sat Oct 11 #11 $451.0K +66% −42% $299.2M 801 $563 95

Sun Oct 12 #11 $298.6K −34% −29% $299.5M 801 $372 96

Mon Oct 13 #11 $176.8K −41% +33% $299.6M 801 $220 97

Tue Oct 14 #11 $98.8K −44% −27% $299.7M 801 $123 98

Wed Oct 15 #11 $70.7K −28% $299.8M 801 $88 99

Thu Oct 16 #11 $88.7K +25% −32% $299.9M 801 $110 100

Fri Oct 17 #11 $182.9K +106% −33% $300.1M 493 $371 101

Sat Oct 18 #11 $298.0K +63% −34% $300.4M 493 $604 102

Sun Oct 19 #11 $172.8K −42% −42% $300.6M 493 $350 103

Mon Oct 20 #11 $48.8K −72% −72% $300.6M 493 $99 104

Tue Oct 21 #11 $51.8K +6% −48% $300.7M 493 $105 105

Wed Oct 22 #11 $48.4K −7% −32% $300.7M 493 $98 106

Thu Oct 23 #11 $55.2K +14% −38% $300.8M 493 $111 107

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

Cumulative total$288.4M

Jul 9Jul 26Aug 13Aug 30Sep 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.5M

$46.6M

$34.0M

$23.1M

$18.8M

$13.0M

$9.2M

$7.3M

$8.0M

$5.3M

$4.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,416 → 2,029 −40.6%

3,023 open2,029 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.5%

−27.0%

W1→2

−32.0%

W2→3

−18.6%

W3→4

−30.9%

W4→5

−29.6%

W5→6

−20.6%

W6→7

+9.5%

W7→8

−33.9%

W8→9

−14.5%

W9→10

Steepest −33.9%Biggest gain +9.5%

Run milestones

$300M in 101 days

$100M

Day 10

Jul 18

$200M

Day 25

Aug 2

$300M

Day 101

Oct 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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