Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of fantasy films based on the Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name.The first film of the Series "The curse of the Black Pearl" was released in 2003 to critical acclaim.The fourth film of the series "On Strangers Tide" was released in 2011.The fifth film of the series "Dead Man tells no tales" is currently in Pre Production and is set for release in 2017.Following are some of the Interesting factoids from this film series............
- The series has collectively grossed more than $3.72 billion world wide and is the ninth highest grossing film series of all time.It is the first film series in which more than one movie has passed billion dollar mark at the box office.
- "On Strangers Tide" the fourth film of the series is the most expensive film ever produced even adjusted for inflation in the history of the cinema.With a production budget of $378 million it broke the record previously held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End."
- The Role of Captain Jack Sparrow was originally written for Hugh Jackman,thus the name Jack Sparrow,however, he was not known outside his native Australia thus Disney decided to cast the more famous Depp.
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Hugh Jackman
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- Dead Man's Chest is the highest grossing film of the franchise. The movie was released in July 2006.Made on a production budget of $225 million the movie grossed $ 1.1 billion at the international box office.
- The first film of the series "The Curse of the Black Pearl" is the most critically acclaimed film of the series with a 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.The film was an unexpected success grossing over $600 million dollar at the world wide box office.Many journalists expected the film to be a flop as the pirate genre has not been successful in the past.
- The weapons used by Johnny Depp for his character of Jack Sparrow are genuine 18th century pieces.The sword dates back to 1740s and the pistol is from the 1760s. Both these weapons were made in London.Depp used two pistols on set one of which was made of rubber.
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Pistol used by Jack Sparrow
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The Sword of Jack Sparrow
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For the fourth film of the series "On Strangers Tide" Johnny Depp was paid a fee of $55.8 million for his role of Jack Sparrow as the film would be dead and buried without the legendary Pirate.
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Johnny Depp as "Captain Jack Sparrow"
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- In the movie "The Curse of the Black Pearl" the monkey "Jack"is played by two Capuchin monkeys.One is a 10 year old female Tara and the other an 8 year old male Levi.
