**UPDATE: **You might have seen below that we speculated on the final American box office figures telling a different story, and so they have. Taking into to account the actual takings, the weekend figures alone boil down to **Inside Out **with $29.8 million, ahead of Jurassic World’s $29.2 million. Team Pixar FTW! Joy is surely unconfined at the Emeryville studio.
The battle at the US box office was even closer this weekend, which saw America eating itself into a stupor, setting off all the fireworks and going to the movies for the Fourth of July holiday. But while the two big champs of the charts – **Jurassic World **and Inside Out – sparred for first place, the new arrivals performed more like a wet roman candle with a dodgy fuse. Yet despite **Inside Out **claiming the top spot for the five days, Jurassic World stomped the weekend, earning $43.8 million, according to studio estimates.
Jurassic World has now roared past $550 million in the States, with its domestic total now standing at $558.1 million and pushing it further past $1.3 billion globally.** Inside Ou**t was no slouch, however, outperforming the dinosaurs on daily takes during the week, and earning $30.1 million for the weekend, with $246 million as its domestic total with several big worldwide markets still set to open. And there’s always a chance the final figures could see Team Pixar triumphant for the weekend.
As for the newcomers, the news was less promising. Hurt by bad reviews, Terminator Genisys managed a disappointing $28.7 million weekend combined with an early weekday launch for $44.1 million, an opening which questions the future of the franchise somewhat. Still, we’d expect the need to make more movies before James Cameron retrieves the rights in 2019 will be enough encouragement.
Magic Mike XXL, on the other hand, had the benefit of a respected first film and mixed-to-positive reviews. But even decent word of mouth couldn’t get it past $11.6 million for the weekend and $26.6 million total. Still, Mike has an advantage Genisys does not: a much smaller budget, meaning the film is already approaching profitability. In fifth place, we find** Ted 2** with $11 million, taking another hit after that low opening and only now scraping towards $60 million.
Sixth was family pooch adventure Max, which didn’t get as much of a boost from the patriotic weekend as Warner Bros. might have liked, but still made $6.6 million down in sixth. Spy slipped two places to seventh with $5.5 million, with the Paul Feig/Melissa McCarthy action comedy now sitting at $97.8 million and more than $200 million worldwide.
**San Andreas **fell to eighth with $3 million, with Sundance hit Me And Earl And The Dying Girl expanding its platform release, entering the top ten at ninth and earning $1.3 million for $4.4 million so far. Fellow indie Dope fell a few places to tenth, taking in $1 million.
To see a dinosaur bite down on Arnold Schwarzenegger in the full chart listings, head to Box Office Mojo.