On Stranger Tides his inspiration for the ambience of the series, while his true inspiration was "On Stranger Tides". In 2007, after the successful opening weekend of the third "Pirates of the Caribbean" film, "", Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook said he was interested in a fourth film. The Los Angeles Times also reported that Bruckheimer already had rights to a book that could end up as another installment, though had not confirmed what book it was. On September 11, 2009, Walt Disney Pictures announced that the fourth installment would be titled "". The announcement had fueled speculation that the film would
Pirates of the Caribbean (film series) with "Dead Man's Chest" and "On Stranger Tides", since followed by other film franchises. "The Curse of the Black Pearl" was the third-highest-grossing 2003 film in North America (behind "" and "Finding Nemo") and fourth worldwide (behind "The Return of the King", "Finding Nemo" and "The Matrix Reloaded"). "Dead Man's Chest" was the most successful film of 2006 worldwide, and "At World's End" led the worldwide grosses in 2007, though being only fourth in North America (behind "Spider-Man 3", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Shrek the Third"). "On Stranger Tides" was the third-highest-grossing film of 2011