Jurassic World Puts Up Record $500 Million in One Weekend

As titles go, Jurassic World is perhaps the most prophetical in recent history. The fourth film in the Jurassic Park franchise saw a massive, record-obliterating global weekend. The total number is about $512 million in all markets around the world.

The previous record for a global weekend opening was $314 million, held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Though many factors play into that number – most importantly which markets are actually a party to the simultaneous debut – there’s no denying that pumping it up by $200 million, as Jurassic World so surprisingly did, is quite a feat.

As for the U.S. alone, Jurassic World was certainly (not) a massive disappointment to investors at just $204.6 million, missing out on the best weekend opening in history by a sorry $3 million. In first place still sits the first Avengers film ($207 million), while Avengers: Age of Ultron was bumped down to third.

Estimates thrown around for Jurassic World in the past few weeks rarely hit over $100 million for the film’s U.S. opening. It’s safe to say we’ll be seeing a lot more dinosaurs and Chris Pratt until at least our own extinction.

(Thanks Box Office Mojo for the news).

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