Is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, the second installment in the pirate trilogy, affecting the buzz for next year’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End? That is the only explanation I can give, as the buzz level of At Worlds End has slowly started to fall (currently 87dB, down almost 20dB from last week) while at the same time Dead Man’s Chest has made a somewhat surprising appearance as the second most talked about movie in theaters at the moment.

While the renewed interest in Dead Man is probably due to the last gasp before the movie leaves the majority of US theaters (and maybe also related to announcements about next year’s DVD release), it is curious how At Worlds End is also dropping in buzz. Only further monitoring will show whether the movie will continue to drop, maybe even enough to forfeit its top spot to Spider Man 3.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is currently number 2 at the list of movies now in theaters, while Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End can be found topping the most anticipated movies chart.