These are the weekends that record breaking
summers are made of.
The North American box office sizzled as Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out and Universal’s Jurassic
World duked it out
at the multiplexes.
After shattering records for domestic and
international debuts, Jurassic World became only the second film in
history to top $100 million in two separate weekends.
The dinosaur sequel nabbed first place with
a massive $102 million, pushing its domestic total to $398.2 million.
Jurassic World has now passed Jurassic Park ($357.1 million) as the highest grossing domestic release in the franchise’s history when not
adjusted for inflation.
Its dominance ended one of the most remarkable winning streaks in cinema history, putting a period
to Pixar’s run of first
place finishes.
Every previous film released by the studio bowed in the top spot
on domestic charts.
Not that Disney is
complaining. Buoyed by rapturous critical notices, Inside Out scored the
second best debut ever for Pixar, behind only Toy Story 3’s $110.3 million opening, and the highest opening weekend ever
for an original, non-sequel property, passing Avatar’s $77 million start.
The brainy family film picked up $91 million
from 3,946 playdates.
That was a significant jump on the $60
million-plus opening
that Disney had projected.
summers are made of.
The North American box office sizzled as Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out and Universal’s Jurassic
World duked it out
at the multiplexes.
After shattering records for domestic and
international debuts, Jurassic World became only the second film in
history to top $100 million in two separate weekends.
The dinosaur sequel nabbed first place with
a massive $102 million, pushing its domestic total to $398.2 million.
Jurassic World has now passed Jurassic Park ($357.1 million) as the highest grossing domestic release in the franchise’s history when not
adjusted for inflation.
Its dominance ended one of the most remarkable winning streaks in cinema history, putting a period
to Pixar’s run of first
place finishes.
Every previous film released by the studio bowed in the top spot
on domestic charts.
Not that Disney is
complaining. Buoyed by rapturous critical notices, Inside Out scored the
second best debut ever for Pixar, behind only Toy Story 3’s $110.3 million opening, and the highest opening weekend ever
for an original, non-sequel property, passing Avatar’s $77 million start.
The brainy family film picked up $91 million
from 3,946 playdates.
That was a significant jump on the $60
million-plus opening
that Disney had projected.
