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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

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

Captain Jack is back!

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$423M
Final
Opening Weekend
$136M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.12x
Opening → Total
Budget
$225M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$1.07B
$643M international
2006 Rank
#1
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 7-9 World Cup (Germany) 1 $135.6M $135.6M 4,133 $33K 1
Jul 14-16 1 $62.3M -54.0% $258.4M 4,133 $15K 2
Jul 21-23 1 $35.2M -43.5% $321.9M 4,133 $9K 3
Jul 28-30 2 $20.6M -41.5% $358.5M 3,834 $5K 4
Aug 4-6 3 $11.0M -46.6% $379.7M 3,436 $3K 5
Aug 11-13 6 $7.2M -34.2% $392.4M 2,941 $2K 6
Aug 18-20 8 $5.2M -28.0% $401.3M 2,277 $2K 7
Aug 25-27 11 $4.0M -23.7% $407.5M 1,701 $2K 8
Sep 1-3 11 $3.8M -4.9% $412.9M 1,786 $2K 9
Sep 8-10 14 $2.0M -47.3% $416.6M 1,589 $1K 10
Sep 29-Oct 1 20 $465K -76.7% $420.3M 485 $958 11
Oct 6-8 26 $289K -37.9% $420.8M 323 $893 12
Oct 13-15 29 $187K -35.1% $421.1M 213 $879 13
Oct 20-22 39 $120K -36.0% $421.2M 142 $844 14
Oct 27-29 39 $108K -9.6% $421.4M 148 $732 15
Nov 3-5 35 $122K +12.2% $421.6M 128 $950 16
Nov 10-12 25 $462K +279.7% $422.1M 358 $1K 17
Nov 17-19 22 $317K -31.3% $422.5M 329 $964 18
Nov 24-26 22 $312K -1.6% $423.0M 293 $1K 19
Dec 1-3 24 $179K -42.6% $423.3M 268 $668 20

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGore Verbinski
ScreenplayTed Elliott, Terry Rossio
StarringJohnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures