At 129 minutes, it was the shortest of the existing POTC films.Its production budget was $230 million.The box-office results were modest in the US: $172.6 million (domestic) and $794.9 million (worldwide).At the time, it was the second lowest-grossing film of the series.With the tagline: "All pirates must die."Although co-stars Orlando Bloom (as Will Turner) and Keira Knightley (as Elizabeth Swann) had said they wouldn""t return o the franchise and were missing from the previous film, they both appeared in the film.The news at Nottingham Castle is welcomed by Richard""s brother, the sly, scheming, evil and despotic Prince John (Claude Rains) - who has usurped power and declared himself Regent of England (heir-apparent o the British throne) by self-appointment during the King""s absence and imprisonment." Zi Yuan explained how she would revive an ""undead"" army of her own soldiers, buried beneath the wall, to fight against the Emperor: "When the Emperor built the wall, he buried his enemies underneath it and cursed their souls to hold it up for eternity." They vowed to "fix" the problem together.At a paramilitary outpost in Western China, misguided nationalist General Yang (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) was informed by his scar-faced lover and second-in-command Colonel Choi (Jessey Meng), that the O""Connells were in Shanghai, in possession of the Eye of Shangri-La.With the excuse that she "forgot something," Lisa rushes up the stairs to Stefan""s door and knocks, but there is no answer.