Looks like the pent-up demand for a decent dinosaur-filled adventure film was enough to make Jurassic World a – wait for it, you know it’s coming, but you’re going to cringe anyway – monster hit at the box office both in the US and around the world, with its domestic haul now standing at $204.6 million after just one weekend.
That makes it the most successful opening of the year, and the second biggest since **The Avengers **back in 2012. And that triumph was not limited to Stateside audiences – as the movie earned more than $511.8 million on its first weekend globally, opening top of the charts everywhere it launched, and marking the first time a film has grossed more than $500 million in a single weekend. Suffice to say, Universal is having a slightly good year, between Furious 7, Fifty Shades Of Grey, Pitch Perfect 2 and now this. We expect genetic development on a sequel (or even a shared Jurassic Park cinematic universe) is already underway at the studio.
Sensibly, no other studios put out a wide release to compete with the new beast (though both Me And Earl And The Dying Girl and The Wolfpack opened strong in limited release). That meant few changes in the rest of the charts aside from some slight juggling. Melissa McCarthy’s Spy was pushed to second place, but still took in $16 million for a $56.9 million US total so far. San Andreas shifted to third with $11 million, while** Insidious Chapter 3 **fell to fourth, earning $7.3 million and **Pitch Perfect 2 **actually jumped up a spot to round out the top five with $6 million and more than $170 million in its Stateside coffers to date.
Entourage fell a couple of places to sixth as its primarily bro-centric audience channelled their inner kids and went with dinosaurs instead, making $4.3 million. Mad Max: Fury Road also dipped a little, with $4.1 million in seventh. Former 2015 box office opening champ Avengers: Age Of Ultron stayed in eighth place, adding $3.6 million to its more than $444 million US total, ahead of the faltering Tomorrowland in ninth ($3.4 million) and Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy, which added screens and brought in $1.7 million for tenth place.
To see the Indominus Rex chow down on the rest of the charts in the full listing, head to Box Office Mojo.