Published On Feb 18, 2021
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American fantasy swashbuckler film. It is the second installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). It was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In the film, the wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who wants Turner to acquire the compass of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest. Sparrow discovers his debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) is due.
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGore VerbinskiProduced byJerry BruckheimerWritten by
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
Based on
Characters
by
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
Stuart Beattie
Jay Wolpert
Pirates of the Caribbean
by Walt Disney
Starring
Johnny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley
Stellan Skarsgård
Bill Nighy
Jack Davenport
Kevin R. McNally
Jonathan Pryce
Music byHans ZimmerCinematographyDariusz WolskiEdited by
Craig Wood
Stephen Rivkin
Production
companies
Walt Disney Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures
Release date
June 24, 2006 (Disneyland Resort)
July 7, 2006 (United States)
Running time
150 minutes[1]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$225 million[2]Box office$1.066 billion[2]
Two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were conceived in 2004, with Elliott and Rossio developing a story arc that would span both films. Filming took place from February to September 2005 in Palos Verdes, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and The Bahamas, as well as on sets constructed at Walt Disney Studios. It was shot back-to-back with the third film of the series, At World's End (2007).
Dead Man's Chest was released in the United States on July 7, 2006, and received praise for its special effects, direction, action sequences, Hans Zimmer's musical score, humor, and performances, particularly those of Depp and Nighy, but criticism for its running time and plot. The film broke several records at the time, including the opening-weekend record in the United States with $136 million, the fastest film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office (63 days), became the highest-grossing film of 2006, and was the highest-grossing film distributed by Disney until it was surpassed by Toy Story 3 in 2010. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Its sequel, At World's End, was released the following year.