'Jurassic World' Wins Again
by EG
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom saw a hefty drop-off in its box office take between its first weekend and its second. Fortunately for the dino flick, there wasn't much new competition to speak of this week, so it was pretty easy to hang on to the top spot. Read on for detailed weekend box-office results.
Universal's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom easily dunked the competition in its second weekend, grossing $60 million in North America as it roars toward the $1 billion mark globally.
Overseas, the dinos devoured another $56.1 million from 68 markets for a foreign tally of $667.6 million — including $237 million in China — and a global haul of $932.4 million. The film will join the billion-dollar club sometime this week.
Jurassic World 2, however, continues trailing notably behind 2015's Jurassic World, which finished its sophomore outing with a domestic total of $402.8 million after declining 49 percent. That compares to a decline of 59 percent for the sequel.
Nevertheless, the movie is a victory for both Universal and the summer box office, which closes out June on a high note, thanks in large measure to the combined strength of the dinos, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2 and Incredibles 2. Revenue to date for the summer is up a sizable 15.3 percent over last year, while revenue year to date is pacing 9.3 percent ahead of the same period in 2018, according to comScore.
Incredibles 2, from Pixar and Disney, stayed at No. 2 in its third outing with $45.5 million for a domestic total of $439.7 million. The record-breaking animated film has now passed up Toy Story 3 ($415 million) to rank as the No. 2 Pixar title of all time domestically behind Finding Dory ($486.3 million), not adjusted for inflation. And Incredibles 2 is on the cusp of overtaking Shrek 2 to become the second-biggest animated film of all time in North America (again behind Finding Dory).
Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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