Television viewers in the U.K. decided to spend Boxing Day with Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, as the December 26th airing of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL on BBC One captured 10.1 million viewers, or 42% of the Tuesday night television audience. Viewers in the U.S. were offered two chances to watch the original POTC on television during Christmas week: on ABC on Christmas night, and on USA on Saturday, December 30th. The USA network is so pleased with the performance of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL that they recently paid $25 million for the rights to air box-office champion DEAD MAN’S CHEST.

Amazon.co.uk also confirms the public’s love of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise; the company reports that of all the products sold by Amazon.co.uk over the holiday season, the most popular present was the two-disc special edition DVD of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST. The Zone thanks Gilbert’s Girl for sharing the good news from the U.K.