Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer has indicated that possibilities for a sixth Pirates movie may hinge on how well Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales performs upon its home release.
Coming six years after the fourth installment in the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales adheres to the basic Pirates formula: Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow gets into various scrapes that he survives in amusing fashion, and is ultimately pitted against some supernatural force arising out of the sea, in this case Javier Bardem’s vengeful Captain Salazar.
Dead Men Tell No Tales will be available via digital download on September 19th and on Blu-ray on October 3rd, and Jerry Bruckheimer and company will be keeping their eyes on the sales numbers to determine whether there is any financial incentive for them to continue the long-running Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Dead Men Tell No Tales received generally weak reviews and underperformed at the domestic box office, becoming the first Pirates film not to crack the $200 million mark in the U.S. Worldwide the film has grossed $792 million, ranking it fourth-highest in series history, well behind the last three installments.