Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter and his love, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Grosses

Domestic (46.7%)
$305,413,918
Summary Details
DistributorWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Opening$46,630,690
3,269 theaters
Budget$140,000,000
Release DateJul 9, 2003 - Jan 8, 2004
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 23 min
GenresAction Adventure Fantasy
In Release542 days/77 weeks
Widest Release3,416 theaters

Key:Estimated

DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 11-131$46,630,690-3,269-$14,264$70,625,9711
Jul 18-202$34,034,597-27%3,359+90$10,132$133,007,4142
Jul 25-272$23,136,029-32%3,416+57$6,772$176,838,1553
Aug 1-33$18,844,044-18.6%3,390-26$5,558$209,531,2924
Aug 8-104$13,022,470-30.9%3,170-220$4,108$232,750,6295
Aug 15-176$9,167,599-29.6%2,710-460$3,382$248,720,9856
Aug 22-246$7,275,447-20.6%2,404-306$3,026$260,925,6977
Aug 29-315$7,970,162+9.5%2,227-177$3,578$272,169,9248
Aug 29-Sep 1
Labor Day wknd
3$10,818,785-2,227-$4,858$275,018,547-
Sep 5-73$5,271,528-33.9%2,203-24$2,392$281,831,4529
Sep 12-145$4,506,400-14.5%2,029-174$2,220$287,884,37210
Sep 19-219$3,480,968-22.8%1,746-283$1,993$292,495,91211
Sep 26-2812$2,374,249-31.8%1,443-303$1,645$295,713,02812
Oct 3-513$1,629,244-31.4%1,211-232$1,345$297,930,74513
Oct 10-1215$1,022,122-37.3%801-410$1,276$299,468,87414
Oct 10-13
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
14$1,198,917-801-$1,496$299,645,669-
Oct 17-1916$653,715-36%493-308$1,325$300,557,57115
Oct 24-2617$482,013-26.3%379-114$1,271$301,243,79016
Oct 31-Nov 221$433,278-10.1%331-48$1,308$301,823,37117
Nov 7-918$664,433+53.4%472+141$1,407$302,609,73118
Nov 14-1616$604,338-9%425-47$1,421$303,581,60919
Nov 21-2319$421,857-30.2%375-50$1,124$304,175,58220
Nov 28-30
Thanksgiving 3-Day
23$430,070+1.9%342-33$1,257$304,879,61521
Dec 5-7
Post-Thanksgiving
28$165,101-61.6%283-59$583$305,132,64422
Dec 12-1435$84,836-48.6%213-70$398$305,267,97023
Dec 19-2148$40,528-52.2%124-89$326$305,343,25224
Dec 26-2872$11,061-72.7%34-90$325$305,388,68525
Jan 2-476$7,784-29.6%27-7$288$305,411,22426