Johnny Depp is undoubtedly a master of transformations. He can easily take on nearly any role you can imagine and appear onscreen disguised as a completely different person than what he actually looks like in real life.
But despite being most known for his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Depp has actually had quite a few commercially successful projects. From his many collaborations with Tim Burton and his appearance in the Fantastic Beasts series. Here are Johnny Depp's 10 Highest-Grossing Movies, Ranked According To Box Office Mojo.
Murder on the Orient Express (2017) - $352.8 million
Murder on the Orient Express is a mystery thriller directed by Kenneth Branagh and based on Agatha Christie's 1934 novel of the same name. The cast includes Kenneth Branagh, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, and others. A sequel was recently announced that will be based on Christie's other novel Death on the Nile.
The story follows the world-renowned detective Hercule Poirot who happens to be on a train where a murder is committed. Naturally, he decides to try and solve the case and find the murderer among the passengers.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - $475 million
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the second adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1964 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Tim Burton who brought his frequent collaborators to the project: Johnny Depp who played Willy Wonka and Danny Elfman who wrote the soundtrack. Helena Bonham Carter, another frequent collaborator of Burton's, also stars in the film.
The classic story follows the boy Charlie who wins discovers a golden ticket in a chocolate bar produced by Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The four lucky kids who discovered the tickets, Charlie among them, are welcomed to the factory where Wonka shows them the mysteries of his company.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - $654.3 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the film that really made Johnny Depp an A-class star and brought him the recognition he deserved. Depp even got his first Academy Award nomination despite being previously recognized numerous times as a cult actor. The film got a total of five Academy Award nominations.
There are three main protagonists of the story: Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) as well as the main antagonist Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). Jack and Will team up to rescue Elizabeth from Barbossa and his crew of undead pirates.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) - $654.8 million
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them where Depp had appeared briefly in the role of Gellert Grindelwald, the main antagonist of the story.
Fantastic Beasts is an extension of the Harry Potter franchise and details the events that happened at the start of the twentieth century when Grindelwald was pretty much the Voldemort of those days. The second film received largely mixed and negative reviews, but many praised Depp's performance.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) - $795 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the fifth and so fat last installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Just like most sequels, this movie is not particularly a strong one which shows in Jack's consistent failures throughout the story.
This time, he searches for the Trident of Poseidon which is an artifact that is said to be able to lift pretty much any curse. Jack is actually helping Henry Turner, Will and Elizabeth's son who wants to free Will from the Flying Dutchman with the Trident's help.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) - $814 million
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the first movie in the Harry Potter spin-off franchise as mentioned earlier. For the majority of the film, Grindelwald appears to be disguised as Percival Graves and reveals himself only at the end which is the cameo Depp had.
The film was nominated for five BAFTAs winning Best Production Design and two Academy Awards winning Best Costume Design. This made it the first Wizarding World movie to win an Academy Award.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - $961 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the third film in the franchise. Originally, there was supposed to be just one movie - then, a trilogy was planned which means this was supposed to be the last installment. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards.
Will, Elizabeth, and Barbossa set out to rescue Jack from Davy Jones' Locker and then fight Cutler Beckett and the East India Trading Company that is trying to destroy piracy once and for all. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film ever made. At the moment, adjusted for inflation, it is the fifth most expensive film ever made.
Alice in Wonderland (2010) - $1.02 billion
Alice in Wonderland is a dark fantasy adventure film which is another collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. It is an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's book of the same name and a live-action remake of Disney's 1951 animated film of the same name.
Unlike the book and the animated feature, the film is a much darker interpretation of the story where Alice has already been to Wonderland before and now returns to help defeat the Red Queen and fulfill a prophecy about herself and the awful Jabberwocky.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) - $1.04 billion
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the fourth installment in the franchise and the first film that only keeps Jack as one of the three original leads. However, there are nice additions to the cast too like Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane.
The story follows Jack and the terrible pirate Blackbeard who kidnapped him on their quest to find the Fountain of Youth. Blackbeard's daughter Angelica is Jack's old friend who pretends to be him to find him.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - $1,06 billion
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is the second installment in the franchise. It received four Academy Award nominations winning Best Visual Effects - and rightfully so because they still hold up incredibly well.
At the time of its release, it broke several records including the opening weekend in the United States, the fastest film to $1 billion in the world box office, the highest-grossing first sequel at the world box office, the highest-grossing film of 2006, and the third highest-grossing film of all time.