Universal’s long-awaited dinosaur feature beats out the May 2012 launch of ‘The Avengers’ with a $208.8 million domestic debut, and becomes the first film to cross $500 million worldwide in a single weekend.
Universal and Legendary Pictures’ Jurassic World -- the long-awaited fourth film in the franchise launched by 22 years ago by Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park -- dominated the box office both domestically and globally this past weekend with the biggest opening of all time.
Based on the characters created by author Michael Crichton, The $150 million tentpole is directed by Colin Trevorrow and stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson. Legendary co-financed the film, with Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment co-producing.
Playing in 4,274 theaters, the widest North American release in the studio's history, Jurassic World made $208.8 million, beating out the $207.4 million launch of The Avengers in May 2012. Overseas, Jurassic World brought in $315.3 million from 66 markets for a total of $524 million globally, becoming the first film to ever cross $500 million in one weekend.
Internationally, China led overseas with $100.8 million, followed by the U.K. and Ireland ($29.6 million), Mexico ($16.2 million), South Korea ($14.4 million), France ($12.5 million), Australia ($12.1 million), Germany ($11 million) and Russia ($9.4 million).
Fox’s action comedy Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy, came in second place, taking in $16 million from 3,715 theaters for a domestic total of $208.8 million.
Warner Bros.’ San Andreas followed in third place with $11 million for the weekend for a new domestic total of $119.3 million. Overseas, the disaster film has made a total of $188.5 million at the international box office, pushing its global tally to $307.8 million.
Focus Features’ new horror film Insidious: Chapter 3 made $7.3 million over its second weekend at North American box office for a fourth place finish, pushing its domestic take to $37.4 million. Overseas, Insidious 3 has made $26.3 million for a total of $63.7 million worldwide.
Rounding up the top five was Universal’s Pitch Perfect, now in its fifth week in theaters. The musical sequel made $6 million for a new domestic total of $170.7 million; overseas it has made a total of $89 million, pushing the film’s global haul to $259.7 million worldwide.
Warner Bros.’ Entourage came in sixth place with $4.3 million for a new domestic total of $25.9 million.
Mad Max: Fury Road, from Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, came in seventh place for the weekend, bringing in $4.1 million for a new domestic total of $138.6 million. Overseas, George Miller’s post-apocalyptic action movie has made $184.1 million for a global tally of $322.7 million.
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron came in eighth with $3.6 million for a new domestic total of $444.7 million. Now in its seventh week at the box office, the Disney film has made a total of $910.2 million overseas for a total haul of $1.4 billion globally.
Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland came in ninth place in its fourth weekend out, taking in $3.4 million for a new domestic total of $83.6 million. The big-budget fantasy adventure, starring George Clooney and Britt Robertson and costing Disney $180 million to produce, has made a total of $93.5 million overseas for a total of $177.1 million worldwide.
Cameron Crowe’s romantic comedy Aloha rounded up the top 10, with studio Sony taking in $960,000 from 1,423 theaters for a domestic total of $18.9 million. The Hawaii-set movie stars cost $37 million to produce and stars Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone alongside Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin.
Box office numbers were obtained at pro.boxoffice.com.
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
