Box-office treasure is a little harder to come by on the new voyage of “Pirates of the Caribbean.” The third installment in the Walt Disney Co. franchise, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” hauled in $112.5 million from Friday to Sunday, well below last summer’s $135.6 million opening weekend for its predecessor, “Dead Man’s Chest.”

“At World’s End” had the fifth-biggest three-day opening ever, with this month’s “Spider-Man 3″ ($151.1 million) and “Shrek the Third” ($121.6 million) both outperforming it.

Adding in $14 million from Thursday night preview screenings, “At World’s End” had taken in $126.5 million domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Thursday night screenings skewed the weekend figures for “At World’s End,” which likely would have done much of that business on Friday without those previews.

“At World’s End” took in an additional $205.5 million internationally since it began rolling out overseas Wednesday, putting its worldwide total at $332 million.

Though it missed out on key box-office records, “At World’s End” is on course to surpass last year’s “X-Men: The Last Stand,” which had the best four-day Memorial Day weekend debut with $122.9 million.

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