Having presumably cost $300 million to make, At World's End played in 4,362 theatres over the weekend, setting a new record for the widest release, and it accounted for a significant percentage of the business over the weekend, averaging $32,566 in the four days compared to the $32,817 average of Dead Man's Chest in three days.

Either way, it fared much better than William Friedkin's thriller Bug starring Ashley Judd, which grossed just $4.2 million in 1,667 theatres, averaging just $2,528 per theatre. The Lionsgate release probably didn't stand much of a chance against such high-profile offerings but still ended up in fourth place despite its weak opening.

Dropping to second and third place, Shrek the Third and Spider-Man 3 took significant hits over the three-day weekend but made up for it a bit on Monday according to projections. Shrek the Third will end up in second place with a projected $69 million, off 43% from its opening weekend as it brought its total gross to $219 million. Spider-Man 3 crossed the $300 million mark with a four-day estimated gross of $18 million and is very close to entering the Top 20 list of highest-grossing movies domestically.

Opening in 394 more theatres on Friday, Adrienne Shelly's Waitress brought in nearly 4 times as much this weekend as it did last weekend, moving up to 5th place with $4 million and an impressive per-theatre average of $7,843.

28 Weeks Later dropped to sixth place with $3.3 million while both DreamWorks' Disturbia and Universal's Georgia Rule wound up with roughly $2.4 million, putting them in a photo finish for 7th, followed by the New Line thriller Fracture.

Making a move to #11, Sarah Polley's drama Away From Her grossed just under a million dollars in 256 theatres and it's likely to expand into more theatres over June. A rather surprising return to the Top 10 was Disney's Wild Hogs which opened in early March and had eventually dropped down to #17 after spending ten weeks in the Top 10. Without a theatrical expansion, the comedy made nearly three times as much this weekend as last, its $1.4 million four-day gross bringing its total box office to $163.2 million.

The top 10 movies grossed roughly $248.5 million over the four days, an increase of 8% over the Memorial Day weekend last year.

Three international films opened in limited release with Satoshi Kon's anime Paprika making $45 thousand in two New York theatres, putting it just ahead of Luc Besson's Angel-A and the Italian drama Golden Door, presented by Martin Scorsese, both which wound up with $37 thousand. (Besson's movie opened in five more theatres than Golden Door.)

You can see the full box office estimates for the top 12 films here.