JURASSIC WORLD Wins The Weekend Once Again; Fifth Film Ever To Cross $500M Domestic
"Open Paddock 9!" - Jurassic World has officially passed Avengers: Age Of Ultron to become the highest grossing domestic film of the year! The Chris Pratt-starrer has also become only the fifth film in history to cross the $500M mark at the North American box office! Come check it out!
There is no stopping Jurassic World!
Universal's dinosaur sequel has won the weekend once again, bringing in over $54.2 million in its third weekend and barely edging out Pixar's Inside Out, which brought in $52.2 million in its second weekend. Elsewhere, Universal's latest release, Ted 2, finished #3 with an estimated $32.9 million.
The Chris Pratt-starrer has now become one of five films ever to cross $500 million at the North American box office. It's still too early to say how far Jurassic World will ultimately go, but reaching The Dark Knight's domestic total of $534.9 million seems like a given at this point, especially if it has a good Fourth of July weekend. Additionally, the Colin Trevorrow-directed film is now officially the highest grossing film domestically of the year, overtaking Marvel's Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Globally, Jurassic World currently stands at $1.238 billion, with an overseas collection of over $737.5 million.
Records are meant to be broken, but considering that Star Wars: The Force Awakens releases in December and Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice hits in March, two months not typically known for huge box office openings, it would be a stretch to assume either of those two will surpass Jurassic World's record-breaking opening weekend numbers. Also, considering the perfect storm surrounding Jurassic World's release, it would take a grand stroke of luck for Star Wars or Batman v. Superman to find themselves released under similar circumstances. Will they cross $1 billion at the box office? Almost definitely. Will they open at over $208M domestic, $524M worldwide? Probably not.
So, expect the dinosaurs to keep ruling for the foreseeable future!
Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure from a screenplay he wrote with Derek Connolly. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers.
Jurassic World will feature:
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Chris Pratt as Owen Grady
Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing
Vincent D'Onofrio as Vic Hoskins
Jake Johnson as Lowery Cruthers
Irrfan Khan as Simon Masrani
Nick Robinson as Zach Mitchell
Ty Simpkins as Gray Mitchell
B.D. Wong as Dr. Henry Wu
Brian Tee as Katashi Hamada
Omar Sy as Barry
Katie McGrath as Zara Young
Lauren Lapkus as Vivian
Judy Greer as Karen Mitchell
Andy Buckley as Scott Mitchell
Jurassic World is out tearing up theaters everywhere NOW!