Every Pirates Of The Caribbean Movie In Chronological Order

Pirates Of The Caribbean is a huge franchise that's run for five movies so far, and here's the chronological order for the series to date.

Here's every Pirates Of The Caribbean movie in chronological order. Before the original Pirates Of The Caribbean saw substantial commercial success in 2003 with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keria Knightly fronting the project, Hollywood assumed pirate movies to be toxic to the box office. Just as with superhero movies prior to the MCU gaining a major foothold, these swashbuckling adventures were viewed with an element of disdain at the time - with then-recent high-profile flops like Cutthroat Island and Disney's animated adventure Treasure Planet only serving to cement the idea. Faith in Pirates Of The Caribbean, which was based on the iconic ride, was so low that at one stage, an alternate, straight-to-video movie potentially starring Christopher Walken as Jack Sparrow was considered.

However, Disney decided to take a chance on the project and was rewarded with a huge success that spawned multiple sequels. The movie's witty script, Gore Verbinski's assured direction, and a memorable score from Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt made the first Pirates Of The Caribbean a juggernaut success. To date, four sequels have been released to the original movie, with Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow remaining a constant throughout and helping the franchise gross nearly $5 billion collectively. The franchise has struggled to find a way forward since allegations were made against Depp by his ex-wife Amber Heard. However, in 2020 it was confirmed that Disney would be producing a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie with Margot Robbie fronting the project, but no real story details for this new entry have been revealed just yet.

The Pirates Of The Caribbean movies don't use any form of numbering system in their titles, so unless viewers have been paying attention over the years, the correct order to watch the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies can be confusing. Here's the chronological order for the film series, including Pirates of the Caribbean 6 and the Pirates of the Caribbean spin-off movie.

• Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
• Pirates Of The Caribbean 6 (TBC)
• Possible Pirates Of The Caribbean Spin-Off (TBC)

While Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow might be the uniting factor between each installment, the first three movies centered around the love story between Keira Knightley's Elizabeth and Orlando Bloom's Will. Pirates Of The Caribbean Dead Man's Chest and At World's End were shot back to back, and the reviews for both were mixed, with their excessive runtimes and the overabundance of subplots being a source of criticism.

Neither Knightley nor Bloom returned for the fourth entry, Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which instead had a romantic subplot between mermaid Syrena and missionary Philip. The story focused on the hunt for the Fountain of Youth, but while reviews continued to be mixed, the movie was another runaway success financially. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the most recent installment to date, with a literal ghost from Jack's past - played by Javier Bardem - coming back to seek revenge.

Everything We Know About Pirates Of The Caribbean 6

Disney confirmed there would be a new Pirates of the Caribbean installment way back in 2018, but no details were given. Before this, Kaya Scoledario spoke to Screen Rant in 2017 about returning as Carina Smyth. There's been no update on her returning for Pirates of the Caribbean 6 since, but more about the next film in the franchise has been revealed since her interview and Disney's announcement. It's a little confusing, but producer Jerry Bruckheimer indicated (via The Sunday Times) that two Pirates of the Caribbean projects are in the works in tandem.

One is scripted by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Pirates writing veteran Ted Elliot. The other project was announced in 2020, although it wasn't clarified until 2022 that this would be an additional film to the Mazin/Elliot project. It is scripted by Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson and will star Margot Robbie in an unknown role. Both projects are still in preproduction, and neither has a release date.

Disney hasn't been coy about goals to expand the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. There are theories that Pirates of the Caribbean 6 could be anything from a reboot to a spin-off. Bruckheimer's comments that multiple projects are in the works give weight to speculation that the 6th movie could be the start of an MCU-like Pirateverse. Whether it'll be the Robbie/Hodson project or the script written by Mazin is, like pretty much everything else about Pirates of the Caribbean 6, still unknown at this point.

Why Johnny Depp Won't Be Returning As Jack Sparrow for Pirates 6

One known quantity, however, is that Jack Sparrow won't return in Pirates of the Caribbean 6. When Disney announced a new installment for the franchise, Depp was initially attached to the project, but that was back in 2018. While the reasons behind the decision are contested by Disney and his own legal team, Johnny Depp is no longer involved with Pirates of the Caribbean 6 or any possible spin-offs. It seems Disney is banking on a more female-led Pirates with Margot Robbie at the helm. Given her stand-out performance as the bombastic Harley Quinn, it's easy to see how a character played by Robbie could fill the comic-relief-but-still-plot-centric-antihero void left by the absent Captain Jack Sparrow.

Jerry Bruckheimer did leave the door ajar for a Jack Sparrow return, but in later interviews, he too confirmed Johnny Depp isn't involved, and there are no plans to change this (via The Sunday Times). Depp's been vocal about his feelings on the decision to drop him from Pirates of the Caribbean, and it seems he's in no hurry to work with Disney again, even if an olive branch were extended. Wherever Pirates of the Caribbean 6 sits in the chronological timeline, it will be the starting point of the franchise's next chapter, one without Captain Jack Sparrow.

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