Johnny Depp has long been one of Hollywood’s highest paid actors. And yet, a few years ago, the 60-year-old actor received a meager sum compared to the enormous grossing of this film with 3 million box office admissions.
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After appearing in about twenty films, including Edward Scissorhands and Donnie Brasco, Johnny Depp took a new turn in his career in the early 2000s when he agreed to star in the film inspired by the famous Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” Parks attraction. The American actor lent his features to the famous Captain Jack Sparrow, whose mission is to recover his ship, the Black Pearl, from the hands of his former second-in-command, Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). After the film’s huge success, Disney Studios committed to a sequel starring Johnny Depp, which brought in a meager sum compared to the huge profits of the first installment.
A ridiculous sum for a film with worldwide success
To give Captain Jack Sparrow his facial features, Johnny Depp raked in $10 million. A stamp that compares to the recipes of the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. After 26 weeks of operation The feature film grossed US$305 million domestically and US$348 million overseas, for a total of US$654 million. A real hit for this American blockbuster that was among the biggest hits of 2003. And yet, a few months before its release, few people believed in the success of this film, the genre of which was hardly on the rise. .
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Could Johnny Depp be returning to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise?
This question has occupied all fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean saga since the end of the trial between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard: could the actor make a comeback in his next work? In an interview with the NY Times, Sean Bailey, President of Walt Disney Pictures, confirmed the arrival of a new episode of Pirates of the Caribbean. “We think we have a really good story. It’s very exciting and it pays homage to previous films, but at the same time offers something completely new.” When asked if Lily-Rose and Jack’s father would be returning, he simply said, “No commitments have been made at this point.”
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