Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides appearance of "Old Bill", the pirate who tries to share his rum with a cat, was also filmed but cut. Pintel and Ragetti were originally supposed to make an appearance, but director Rob Marshall opted out of the idea as he feared their roles would be cut. Cook resigned in September 2009 after working for Disney for over 38 years. Depp's faith in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" was somewhat shaken after the resignation, with Depp explaining that "There's a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment. It was all born in that office". Depp also
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides film released by Walt Disney Studios to cross the $1-billion-mark. It set a record for the fastest Disney-distributed film to reach the milestone (first surpassed by "Marvel's The Avengers") and it is the fifth-fastest film overall to achieve this. During its Thursday-midnight showings, "On Stranger Tides" earned $4.7 million from 2,210 theaters, and $34,860,549 in total on its opening day. It earned $90.2 million on its opening weekend, topping the weekend box office, but earning much less than its two immediate predecessors ("At World's End" – $114.7 million and "Dead Man's Chest" – $135.6 million) and the directly preceding Johnny