Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl has been crowned Britain's favourite pirate movie of all time.
The first Pirates film topped a national poll conducted by Discovered Authors to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day, and to launch this year's Undiscovered Authors literary competition.
Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp in the film, was named the most popular pirate, beating off stiff competition from Captain Morgan, Captain Hook and Long John Silver.
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island was voted the best pirate novel.
The survey also revealed that "Shiver me timbers" is the most popular pirate catchphrase, closely followed by "Arr Me Hearty".
The Curse of the Black Pearl, which also starred Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, made over $650m (£347m) at the worldwide box office.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest became only the third film in global box office history to generate over $1bn (£536m).
The sequel has taken a whopping $1.003bn in ticket sales, according to distributor Walt Disney.
Only Titanic ($1.835bn; £965m) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1.129bn; £590m) have made more globally.
A third installment, tentively called Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, is currently in production and should arrive in cinemas next May.
Over 100 participants took part in the survey which also revealed the treasure map to be the most famous pirate symbol and the parrot the most popular pirate accessory.
Graham Miller of Discovered Authors said: "It's great to see so many people interested in pirates, we thought a pirate survey was a fun way of finding out the nation's favourite pirate to coincide with the upcoming Talk Like a Pirate Day."
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