`Pirates Of The Caribbean' Finishes Weekend With $404 Million In Worldwide Box-Office Booty

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ ``Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total

Tuesday, May 29th 2007, 5:51 pm

By: News On 6

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ ``Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million.

The third ``Pirates'' film starring Johnny Depp as boozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow surpassed the four-day mark of $122.9 million for last year's ``X-Men: The Last Stand,'' the previous record-holder for a Memorial Day weekend.

``At World's End'' raised its domestic gross to $153 million since debuting with Thursday night preview screenings. Overseas, the movie has added an additional $251 million since the sequel began rolling out overseas last Wednesday.

The franchise failed to snatch back the three-day weekend record it lost to this month's ``Spider-Man 3,'' whose $151.1 million debut eclipsed the $135.6 million mark for last summer's ``Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.''

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Media By Numbers LLC are:

1. ``Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,'' Disney, $139,802,190, 4,362 locations, $32,050 average, $153,042,234, one week.

2. ``Shrek the Third,'' DreamWorks Animation-Paramount, $67,010,012, 4,172 locations, $16,062 average, $217,348,470, two weeks.

3. ``Spider-Man 3,'' Sony, $18,112,261, 3,723 locations, $4,865 average, $307,754,583, four weeks.

4. ``Bug,'' Lionsgate, $4,015,846, 1,661 locations, $2,418 average, $4,015,846, one week.

5. ``Waitress,'' Fox Searchlight, $4,005,008, 510 locations, $7,853 average, $6,522,396, four weeks.

6. ``28 Weeks Later,'' Fox Atomic, $3,280,306, 2,013 locations, $1,630 average, $24,401,556, three weeks.

7. ``Disturbia,'' DreamWorks-Paramount, $2,433,028, 1,632 locations, $1,491 average, $74,943,105, seven weeks.

8. ``Georgia Rule,'' Universal, $2,407,910, 1,904 locations, $1,265 average, $16,832,880, three weeks.

9. ``Fracture,'' New Line, $1,646,761, 907 locations, $1,816 average, $37,170,866, six weeks.

10. ``Wild Hogs,'' Disney, $1,586,929, 426 locations, $3,725 average, $163,409,353, 13 weeks.