It seems people do still care about dinosaurs after all. Universal's Jurassic World has taken a bite out of its competition and raked in a massive $204.6 million on its first weekend of release stateside. This puts it ahead of Marvel's Avengers: Age Of Ultron and sets a record as the second biggest domestic opening in history behind The Avengers, which took in $207.4M back in May 2012.
But, many analysts believe that when the dust settles and Sunday's earning are totalled, Colin Trevorrow's exciting dino-disaster flick could knock Earth's Mightiest Heroes off the top spot and claim the title of reigning all-time U.S. opener. Pretty impressive for a very late instalment in a franchise many believed had lost its teeth!
We'll keep you posted on how Jurassic World does today, and whether it manages to bring down the mighty Avengers or not.
UPDATE: With around $307.2M accumulated overseas, and that $204.6M domestic take, the global opening is $511.8M — the first time a film has ever grossed more than $500M in one weekend.
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