Worldwide as of July 7, 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean:  Dead Man's Chest has grossed $390,277,457 according to Box Office Mojo.  Box Office Mojo says the first Pirates fo the Caribbean grossed $653,913,918.  Of course when someone finds a treasure everyone wants the gold coins inside.

A screenwriter filed a lawsuit claiming Walt Disney Co. and others behind the 2003 blockbuster movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" pillaged drawings and characters he created for an earlier project about supernatural swashbucklers.

So what is the screenwriter's allegations?

Mathew alleged that beginning in the 1980s, he "created and wrote a number of original works including drawings, screenplays, outlines, blueprints, storyboards and other original materials" for what he termed a "Super Natural Pirate Movie."