Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End made a lot of money.

Yes, the third installment of the seafaring franchise scored a bunch of fancy-sounding box-office titles, but most of all it scored a bunch of loot:  $153 million since opening last Thursday night, per final numbers from Exhibitor Relations.

As for the fancy-sounding titles: biggest Memorial Day holiday weekend gross, Friday-Monday ($138.8 million, down from the weekend's $142 million estimate) and fastest to top $400 million worldwide, with $404 million snapped up in just six days, Wednesday-Monday, according to Disney. (The film opened last Wednesday in Europe and elsewhere.)

The movie, however, missed out the fanciest-sounding title of all: biggest opening weekend.

From Friday to Sunday, At World's End amassed "only" $114.7 million (slightly bigger than first thought), leaving the movie in fifth place on the all-time list of bowing blockbusters behind Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million), the second Pirates movie, Dead Man's Chest ($135.6 million), Shrek the Third ($121.6 million) and the original Spider-Man ($114.8 million).

Spider-Man 3 opened all of three weekends ago; Shrek the Third just last weekend. Add in At World's End, and May marked the first time one month, much less one summer, saw so many $100 million-plus openings.

Led by the power trio, the holiday weekend's top 12 movies combined to gross $246 million, a record for Memorial Day.

At World's End got its mojo going on Thursday, with night-owl screenings netting $17 million.

The Johnny Depp-Orlando Bloom-Keira Knightley actioneer accounted for more than 57 percent of all weekend box-office business, leaving both Shrek the Third and Spider-Man 3 a bit squeezed.

Shrek the Third saw ticket sales drop 56 percent in its second weekend. The CGI comedy grossed $53 million from Friday to Sunday—$67 million from Friday to Monday, good for second place. Overall, it's taken in $217.3 million.

In its fourth weekend, Spider-Man 3 was down 51 percent from its previous round, and slipped to third place. It collected $14.3 million from Friday to Sunday—$18.1 million from Friday to Monday, more than enough to get the sequel over the $300 million mark overall. (To be more precise about it, it currently stands at $307.8 million.)

All told, Shrek the Third is now running way behind its predecessor—Shrek 2 hit $314.5 million by its second weekend in 2004. Spider-Man 3 is also behind the pace of 2004's Spider-Man 2, which stood at $328.5 million after its fourth weekend.

Bug would love to have such problems. The William Friedkin horror movie bowed in fourth place, scaring up just $3.2 million from Friday to Sunday—$4.01 million from Friday to Monday. Star Ashley Judd's weekend wasn't all bad—her race-car driver husband, Dario Franchitti, won Sunday's Indianapolis 500.

The movie with the summer's longest legs so far is Waitress. The indie comedy, now in its fourth weekend, moved up to fifth place, with $3 million from Friday to Sunday—$4.02 million from Friday to Monday, all at just 510 theaters. Overall, the movie now has collected $6.5 million in its register.

Lindsay Lohan's off-road misadventure didn't seem to drum up any interest in her onscreen career, such as it is. Georgia Rule quietly fell to eighth place ($1.9 million, Friday-Sunday; $2.4 million Friday-Monday; $16.8 million overall).

John Travolta's hardy Wild Hogs returned to the top 10, managing $1.4 million from Friday to Sunday—$1.6 million from Friday to Monday, at 426 theaters. With $163.4 million overall, the comedy currently stands as the year's fourth-biggest grossing movie.

In limited release, the Japanese anime feature Paprika distinguished itself with $35,583 from Friday to Sunday—$45,429 from Friday to Monday, at two theaters.

Here's a rundown of the top 10 films based on Friday-Monday estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, $138.8 million
2. Shrek the Third, $67 million
3. Spider-Man 3, $18.1 million
4. Bug, $4.02 million
5. Waitress, $4.01 million
6. 28 Weeks Later, $3.3 million
7. Disturbia, $2.43 million
8. Georgia Rule, $2.4 million
9. Fracture, $1.65 million
10. Wild Hogs, $1.6 million

(Originally published May 28, 2007 at 2:18 p.m. PT.)