Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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Directed by	Gore Verbinski
Produced by	Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by	Ted Elliott Terry Rossio
Based on	Characters by Ted Elliott Terry Rossio Stuart Beattie Jay Wolpert Pirates of the Caribbean by Walt Disney
Starring	Johnny Depp Orlando Bloom Keira Knightley Stellan Skarsgård Bill Nighy Chow Yun-Fat Geoffrey Rush Jack Davenport Kevin R. McNally Jonathan Pryce
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Cinematography	Dariusz Wolski
Edited by	Craig Wood Stephen Rivkin
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19) (Disneyland Resort) May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25) (United States)
Running time	168 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$300 million
Box office	$963.4 million

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a 2007 American epic fantasy swashbuckler film and the third installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The plot follows Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), and the crew of the Black Pearl rescuing Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from Davy Jones's Locker, and then preparing to fight the East India Trading Company, led by Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who controls Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) and plans to extinguish piracy forever. It is the last film in the series to be directed by Gore Verbinski. It was filmed in two shoots during 2005 and 2006, the former simultaneously with the preceding film, Dead Man's Chest.

The film was released in English-speaking countries on May 25, 2007, by Walt Disney Pictures. Critical reviews were mixed. The film was praised for its performances, musical score, action scenes, and special effects, but was criticized for its plot and running time. At World's End was a box office hit, becoming the most successful film of 2007, with over $960 million worldwide.