Dead Man’s Chest, however, did not live up to its predecessor with many accusing the movie of purely being a plot device to move the story along from the first film to the third. The reviews were mixed and the film received only a 54% positive rating from Rotten Tomatoes.

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Can Johnny Depp's Sparrow create a hit pleasing to the critics?

The final offering in the three, At World's End, also met with mixed reviews. Critics felt that the plot was too convoluted to follow and it received only 45% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 

So the trilogy was complete, but Disney’s thirst for more pirates was not. Four years after Dead Man’s Chest, they released the stand-alone, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The film broke several box office records and stands as the 13th-highest-grossing film worldwide.

But once again, critics were not bowled over. While the acting was praised, the plot was thought to be confusing and incoherent gaining only 33% positivity from Rotten Tomatoes.

It seems inevitable that the Pirates tale number 5 will make money when it hits cinemas. But will be any good to watch or will we need a splash of rum of our own to get us to the end?