10 Terrible 2017 Films That Will Get Sequels Anyway
4. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales disappointed on most fronts, including the domestic box office, but with a worldwide return of $794.9 million, Disney is unlikely to abandon ship just yet.
The fifth entry in the swashbuckling series was a convoluted mess, bogged down by an overabundance of characters. The novelty of seeing Johnny Depp swaggering and staggering around as a drunken pirate has finally worn off.
Dead Men Tell No Tales attempted to set up the next instalment with a post-credits scene teasing the return of Davy Jones, but that would surely feel like a return to thoroughly well-charted waters, when the series is crying out for fresh ideas.
With or without Depp and Davy Jones, a sixth Pirates film will likely set sail at some point, but talk on the sequel front has been quiet of late. Towards the tail end of last year it was reported that Joachim Ronning, who directed the fifth instalment, is still in line to return to head up the next movie.