Jurassic World roars past $100M

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom topped the box office with a $100 million-plus (U.S.) debut, the second time ever that films have roared past that mark in back-to-back weekends.

The fifth movie in the franchise based on a fantasy dinosaur theme park collected $150 million in theaters in the U.S. and Canada, ComScore Inc. estimated. The film beat forecasts of about $129 million by Box Office Pro. It follows last weekend’s debut of more than $100 million debut for Walt Disney Co.’s “Incredibles 2,” which this weekend added sales of $80.9 million to take second place. Fallen Kingdom via Universal Pictures and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment was the only new wide release this weekend. It’s the second rebooted feature from a franchise that originally started in 1992 with Jurassic Park, directed by Spielberg, and which has since raised $4 billion globally. Critics were split over the movie and although the filmakers welcome a $100 millionplus debut, it pales in comparison to the $209 million that the 2015 release Jurassic World collected in the first weekend. Universal is already preparing a third film in the series for 2021.

1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, $150,001,000.

2. Incredibles 2, $80,928,000.

3. Ocean's 8, $11,650,000.

4. Tag, $8,200,000

5. Deadpool 2, $5,250,000.

6. Solo: A Star Wars Story, $4,045,000.

7. Hereditary, $3,809,000.

8. Superfly, $3,350,000.

9. Avengers: Infinity War, $2,482,000.

10. Won't You Be My Neighbor?, $1,875,000.