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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006 · directed by Gore Verbinski · 151 min
24,715 feet · Prominence
583rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw86

Lifetime worldwide gross $1.07bn, re-releases included; about $1.75bn in 2026 money.

Rank32 of 11,051In 20061 of 303

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise60

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics53 baseAwards29 signal → +7 lift

Oscars1 won Visual Effects3 nominated Production Design, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs1 won Special Visual Effects
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest reviewed.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.4 from 825kWikipedia58k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 501 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 86 praise 60 legacy 62averages 69, placing it at24,715 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Johnny Depp▲ Bill Nighy▲ Jack Davenport

In these careers — elevation for this film

Johnny Depp20,891 ftBill Nighy19,500 ftKeira Knightley19,067 ftOrlando Bloom18,897 ftJonathan Pryce18,111 ftJack Davenport17,966 ftGeoffrey Rush17,672 ftNaomie Harris17,666 ftStellan Skarsgård17,666 ftTom Hollander17,643 ft