Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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