Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) Davy Jones is a fictional character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, portrayed by Bill Nighy. He appears in the second film "" and returns in the third film "". He is the captain of the "Flying Dutchman" (based on the ghost ship of the same name). The computer-generated imagery used to complete Jones was named by "Entertainment Weekly" as the tenth favorite computer generated film character in film history, behind King Kong in 2007. The work on Davy Jones by Industrial Light and Magic earned them the 2006 Academy Award for
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812 in the North America and $642,863,913 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1,066,179,725. Worldwide, it ranks as the 24th highest-grossing film, the 12th highest-grossing film distributed by Disney, the highest-grossing film of 2006, the third highest-grossing film of the 2000s, the highest-grossing film in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, the highest-grossing film to star Johnny Depp and the third highest-grossing second installment in a franchise (behind "" and "Incredibles 2"). It was the third film in history to reach the $1 billion mark worldwide, and it reached the mark in record time (63 days), a record