Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Depp spectacle ("Alice in Wonderland" – $116.1 million). 3D showings accounted for only 46% of its opening-weekend gross. It closed on September 29, 2011, with a $241.1 million gross, ranking as the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2011 and the least profitable film of the franchise. However, it was the top-grossing movie during May 2011 (with $166.8 million by May 31). Outside North America, "On Stranger Tides" is the sixth-highest-grossing film, the third-highest-grossing Disney film, the second-highest-grossing 2011 film and the highest-grossing film of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. It is the highest-grossing "Pirates" film in at least 58 territories. During
Discourse on the Tides Discourse on the Tides "Discourse on the Tides" () is an essay written by Galileo Galilei in 1616 as a letter to Alessandro Orsini that attempted to explain the motion of Earth's tides as a consequence of Earth's rotation and revolution around the sun. The same ideas form an important part of Galileo's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems". Galileo's theory was in fact erroneous, as proven by future scientific research. Galileo composed "Discourse on the Tides" while in Rome and appealing for papal acceptance of the teaching of Copernican theory. The letter is thus not just an explanation