The film has been widely cited as the film that launched Depp as a box-office leading man after many years as a cult movie star.
It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Depp's performance receiving universal acclaim. Defying low pre-release expectations, the film was a huge box-office success, grossed $654.3 million worldwide making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2003. The first film released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner to be rated PG-13 by the MPAA, The Curse of the Black Pearl had its world premiere at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, on June 28, 2003. Filming took place from October 2002 to March 2003 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and on sets constructed around Los Angeles, California. Around that time, producer Jerry Bruckheimer became involved in the project he had Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio work on the script, adding the plot device of a supernatural curse to the story to bring it in line with the original theme park ride. Jay Wolpert developed a script in 2001, and Stuart Beattie rewrote it in early 2002. Young blacksmith Will Turner ( Orlando Bloom), joins forces with Jack to rescue Elizabeth from Barbossa's crew, who attempt to restore the treasure of cursed Aztec Gold, which doomed them to become undead skeletons in the moonlight. The story follows Captain Jack Sparrow ( Johnny Depp), whose pirate life capsizes after Hector Barbossa ( Geoffrey Rush) steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later kidnaps the governor's daughter, Elizabeth Swann ( Keira Knightley). Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film is based on Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disney theme parks and the first film in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy supernatural swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
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