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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl(2003)
Released
2003 · FILM

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

A young blacksmith falls for a governor's daughter and is drawn into a deadly quest when a mysterious gold medallion unleashes the curse of the ghostly Captain Barbossa and the cursed crew of the *Black Pearl*.

“Prepare to be blown out of the water.”

Directed by
Gore Verbinski
Written by
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
143 min
ActionAdventureFantasy
Streaming on
  • Fubo

Synopsis

When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.

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A crew of 86+ credited

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Arthur SchmidtShot by Dariusz WolskiScored by Klaus BadeltDesigned by Brian Morris

Box Office

2003 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$655.0M

Budget$140.0M
Worldwide gross$655.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $305.4M — 47% of worldwide · International: $349.6M (53%)

Opening weekend: $24.0M — 8% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $24.0M — 8% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,023 theaters

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Also known as

  • Fluch der Karibikde
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearlen
  • Piratas del Caribe: La maldición de la Perla Negraes
  • Pirates des Caraïbes : La Malédiction du Black Pearlfr
  • La maledizione della prima lunait
  • Pirati dei Caraibi - La maledizione della prima lunait

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