Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Theatrical release poster
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 Jack Davenport Bill Nighy Stellan Skarsgård Kevin R. McNally
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Cinematography	Dariusz Wolski
Edited by	Craig Wood Stephen Rivkin
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) (Disneyland Resort) July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07) (United States)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$225 million
Box office	$1.066 billion

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American fantasy swashbuckler film and the second installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, following The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). It was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In the film, the wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who wants Turner to acquire the compass of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest. Sparrow discovers his debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) is due.

Two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were conceived in 2004, with Elliott and Rossio developing a story arc that would span both films. Filming took place from February to September 2005 in Palos Verdes, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and The Bahamas, as well as on sets constructed at Walt Disney Studios. It was shot back-to-back with the third film of the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.