Best money earner in its first 12 months sited worldwide ?

POTC - Came out in time to piggyback off the hype for Part 2 (2006) of the movie, got some free publicity the following year with Part 3 (2007) and even after the movie hype had died down between Part 3 and 4 instalments (2007-2011) it could still pass as a good generic pirate themed pinball.