Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride that inspired the film series. Many of the film's stars were in attendance. Two other early screenings followed, one in Moscow on May 11, and another during the Cannes International Film Festival on May 14. The international release dates fell within May 18 and 20, with opening dates in the United Kingdom on May 18, in Australia on May 19, and in North America on May 20. The film was released on a then-record 402 IMAX screens, 257 screens in North America, and 139 in other territories. The total number of theaters was 4,155 in
The Stranger (1946 film) regard to Welles's subtextual purposes." In his audio commentary for the 2013 Blu-ray release of "The Stranger", Wood calls it "an undervalued film" due to the absence of the "stylistic swagger" of "Citizen Kane" and "The Magnificent Ambersons". He regards Welles's third completed film as "deceptive and much more complex stylistically and thematically" than has so far been appreciated. The debut issue (July–August 1946) of the short-lived pulp digest "Movie Mystery Magazine" presented a novelized condensation of the screenplay for "The Stranger". A half-hour adaptation of "The Stranger" aired on CBS Radio's "This Is Hollywood" on December 7, 1946. Robinson