And with the highly public and controversial private life of its lead actor, it remains unclear as to which direction the franchise will take next with the sixth film.īut which Pirates of the Caribbean entry is the most swashbuckling, supernatural creature-filled joy? And which entry should be stranded ashore.

However, Robbie recently confirmed that the idea has been put to bed. There have been rumors over the past few years of the franchise receiving a reboot, with Margot Robbie set to lead an all-female cast, written by Christina Hodson. And as it was inspired by a theme park attraction, so has it inspired theme park attractions, with Jack Sparrow being added to the classic attraction and a brand new, state-of-the-art ride based on the franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure, developed for Shanghai Disneyland (it debuted with the rest of the park in 2016). Even the last film, 2017’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which was already mired in Depp’s controversial private life, grossed $800 million worldwide. When the film was released in 2003, it was the first Disney film to carry a PG-13 rating.Īnd yet somehow, Pirates of the Caribbean has become one of Hollywood's most dependably bankable franchises. While in production, Disney executives were nervous about Johnny Depp’s fey portrayal of the lead pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow, and the dark tone being conjured by director Gore Verbinski. And pirate movies, of any kind, were seen as box office kryptonite, especially since the last big budget endeavor, 1995’s Cutthroat Island, bankrupted its studio and made the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest flop. It was already off to a wobbly start with Brian De Palma’s Mission to Mars and, er, The Country Bears. The film was born out of an initiative, started by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, to mine the company’s many theme park attractions for potential movie franchises. Pirates of the Caribbean was never supposed to work.

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