Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Movie
STUDIO Disney
RELEASED 2006

Once again we're plunged into the world of sword fights and 'savvy' pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow is reminded he owes a debt to Davy Jones, who captains the flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship, with a crew from hell. Facing the 'locker' Jack must find the heart of Davy Jones but to save himself he must get the help of quick-witted Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. If that's not complicated enough, Will and Elizabeth are sentenced to hang, unless Will can get Lord Cutler Beckett Jack's compass. Will is forced to join another crazy adventure with Jack.

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Written on the Fly

The script was nowhere near finished when cameras started rolling. Storyboards had to be drawn up without a completed screenplay, and the writers ended up on set writing scenes while filming was actually happening around them.

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Third Film Ever to Cross $1 Billion

This was only the third movie in history to hit the billion-dollar mark worldwide, following Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and it got there faster than either of them had managed.

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Biggest Opening Weekend of All Time

When it launched, this sequel didn't just do well, it smashed the all-time opening weekend record, easily outpacing the previous record holder and pulling in nearly three times what the first Pirates film made on its own debut weekend.

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That Wheel Fight Photo Isn't From This Movie

A lot of people picture Jack Sparrow himself duelling atop the giant rolling wheel, but in the actual film it's Will and Norrington fighting up there while Jack just gets tossed around inside it. The image everyone remembers of Jack on top of the wheel is actually from the parody film Epic Movie, not this one at all.

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A Heart Locked Away From Love

Within the story, Davy Jones wasn't always a monster. He was once a man who fell in love, and unable to bear the pain that came with it, he cut out his own beating heart and locked it inside the chest that gives the film its name.

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Rank Is Written on Their Skin

There's an intentional bit of world-building buried in the Flying Dutchman's crew designs. The more twisted and creature-like a crew member looks, the higher up the ship's hierarchy they actually are, so the most monstrous faces belong to the ones closest to Davy Jones.