Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
“Prepare to be blown out of the water.”
When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.
How Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Pirates of the Caribbean, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 5
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 27%
- Share of the series audience
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is the highest-rated of the 5 rated films in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, at 7.8/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.1/10.
It is the film that started the series, 14 years before the most recent entry, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).
Its 22,738 TMDB ratings are 27% of the 84,364 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Pirates of the Caribbean, comparing all 5 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is film 1 of 5. See the complete watch order.