‘Fallen Kingdom’ stomps to the top
The ‘Jurassic World’ sequel took a $150-million chomp out of the US box office
Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dominated the box office this weekend, knocking Disney-Pixar’s behemoth Incredibles 2 into second place.
The $170-million dinosaur blockbuster posted $150 million (Dh550.8 million) in North American receipts, beating analysts’ predictions of $130 million to $140 million, according to figures from measurement firm ComScore.
“We’re obviously thrilled with our opening,” said Jim Orr, Universal’s domestic distribution chief. “Not only with the domestic box office, but we’re adding to a tremendous global result already.”
Fallen Kingdom topped the international box office for the third weekend in a row with $106.7 million, an estimated international gross of $561.5 million and a global gross of $711.5 million. It boasts an A-minus rating on CinemaScore and a 50 per cent “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. “There’s a lot of summer left to go, so it’s just a great position to be in,” Orr added.
The latest in the long-running Jurassic Park series, Fallen Kingdom comes 25 years after the first film and three years after 2015’s reboot of the series. New franchise stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return to save the surviving dinosaurs from an extinction-level event while series veteran Jeff Goldblum reprises his role as Ian Malcolm.
The Jurassic World movies are a revival of the franchise created by Steven Spielberg in 1992. The previous Jurassic World collected $209 million in its first weekend in North American theatres, fuelled in part by high audience anticipation for the first Jurassic film in 14 years.
–Los Angeles Times