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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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

Prepare to be blown out of the water.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$305M
Final
Opening Weekend
$46.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
6.55x
Opening → Total
Budget
$140M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$654M
$349M international
2003 Rank
#3
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 11-13 1 $46.6M $70.6M 3,269 $14K 1
Jul 18-20 2 $34.0M -27.0% $133.0M 3,359 $10K 2
Jul 25-27 2 $23.1M -32.0% $176.8M 3,416 $7K 3
Aug 1-3 3 $18.8M -18.6% $209.5M 3,390 $6K 4
Aug 8-10 4 $13.0M -30.9% $232.8M 3,170 $4K 5
Aug 15-17 6 $9.2M -29.6% $248.7M 2,710 $3K 6
Aug 22-24 6 $7.3M -20.6% $260.9M 2,404 $3K 7
Aug 29-31 5 $8.0M +9.5% $272.2M 2,227 $4K 8
Sep 5-7 3 $5.3M -33.9% $281.8M 2,203 $2K 9
Sep 12-14 5 $4.5M -14.5% $287.9M 2,029 $2K 10
Sep 19-21 9 $3.5M -22.8% $292.5M 1,746 $2K 11
Sep 26-28 12 $2.4M -31.8% $295.7M 1,443 $2K 12
Oct 3-5 13 $1.6M -31.4% $297.9M 1,211 $1K 13
Oct 10-12 15 $1.0M -37.3% $299.5M 801 $1K 14
Oct 17-19 16 $654K -36.0% $300.6M 493 $1K 15
Nov 21-23 19 $422K -35.5% $304.2M 375 $1K 16
Nov 28-30 23 $430K +1.9% $304.9M 342 $1K 17
Dec 5-7 28 $165K -61.6% $305.1M 283 $583 18
Dec 12-14 35 $85K -48.6% $305.3M 213 $398 19
Dec 19-21 48 $41K -52.2% $305.3M 124 $326 20

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byGore Verbinski
ScreenplayTerry Rossio, Ted Elliott
StarringJohnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures