Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow to save Turner's love, Elizabeth Swann, from undead pirates led by Jack's former mutinous first mate, Captain Barbossa. Jack wants revenge against Barbossa, who left him stranded on an island before stealing his ship, the Black Pearl, along with 882 pieces of cursed Aztec Gold.
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company arrests Will and Elizabeth for aiding Captain Jack Sparrow in the previous film. Beckett offers clemency if Will agrees to search for Jack's compass in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest – and inside, the heart of villainous Davy Jones – which would give Beckett control of the seas. However, Jack wants the Chest to escape from an unpaid debt with Jones, who raised the Black Pearl from the seabed (after it was sunk by Beckett) and made Jack captain for 13 years in exchange for 100 years of service aboard Jones' ship.
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Lord Beckett gains power over Davy Jones, and with the help of Jones' ship, the Flying Dutchman, he is now executing his plans to extinguish piracy forever. To stand against the East India Trading Co., Will, Elizabeth, Barbossa, and the crew of the Black Pearl set out to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. As one of the Nine Pirate Lords, Jack is needed in order to summon an ancient goddess with the power to defeat Beckett's forces.
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Captain Jack Sparrow is on a quest to find the fabled Fountain of Youth and crosses paths with a former lover, Angelica. She forces Jack aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, a ship captained by the infamous pirate Blackbeard, Angelica's father. Both are also in search of the Fountain; Angelica to save her father's soul, Blackbeard to escape a prophecy of his demise at the hands of a one-legged man. Joining the hunt is former pirate captain Barbossa, now a privateer in King George II's Navy, who is in a race against the Spanish for the Fountain of Youth.
Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
"Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea, including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas."[3]
Pirates of the Caribbean
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Gore Verbinski (1–3)
Rob Marshall (4)
Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (5)
Ted Elliott (1–4)
Terry Rossio (1–4)
Jeff Nathanson (5)
Ted Elliot (1, 4)
Terry Rossio (1, 4)
Stuart Beattie (1)
Jay Wolpert (1)
Orlando Bloom (1–3, 5)
Keira Knightley (1–3)
Chow Yun-Fat (3)
Penélope Cruz (4)
Ian McShane (4)
Klaus Badelt (1)
Eric Whitacre (4)
1: July 9, 2003
2: July 7, 2006
3: May 25, 2007
4: May 20, 2011
5: May 26, 2017
600 minutes (1–4)
United States
English
Total (4 films):
$1 billion
Total (4 films):
$3.7 billion