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 "At World's End"s $344 million opening as best in the series and ranking as the seventh-highest worldwide opening. It scored an IMAX worldwide opening-weekend record with $16.7 million (first surpassed by ""). It set records for the least time to reach $500, $600, and $700 million worldwide (in 10, 12 and 16 days, respectively). The first of these records was first surpassed by "Dark of the Moon" and the other two by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2". After 46 days in theaters (July 2, 2011), it became the eighth film in cinema history and the fourth