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: 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