Report: Disney Could Save $90 Million by Cutting Johnny Depp out of ‘Pirates’ Franchise

Johnny Depp on July 17, 2013, in Tokyo, Japan. Johnny Depp has been dropped from the "Pirates Of the Caribbean" film franchise. Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images

Disney might save $90 million by cutting Johnny Depp out of future “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, according to a new report.

Forbes magazine said that Depp’s salary for the last “Pirates” film, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” released in 2017, was $90 million. It said he would likely receive at least the same sum for the next movie.