Jurassic World Bites Deep Into Weekend Box Office
Dinosaur thriller Jurassic World overwhelmingly won the weekend box office, but its global gross is one for the record books. The film, which stars Chris Pratt, earned 204.6 million at domestic theaters, according to estimates released Sunday by box office tracker Rentrak. The opening places it at No. 2 on the biggest domestic openings ever, just behind The Avengers 2012 at 207.4 million, according to the Associated Press. And when final figures roll in Monday, Jurassic World could end up ahead. More astounding, though, the latest flick in the franchise took in about 512 million worldwide, giving it the largest global opening ever. Pratt has already admitted he's signed on for another Jurassic installment, telling Entertainment Weekly, "I am. They have me for I think 38 movies or something.", Melissa McCarthy's Spy finished in second, earning 16 million in its second week in theaters, followed by disaster movie San Andreas in third place. with just more than 11 million. Insidious Chapter 3 and Pitch Perfect 2 rounded out the top 5, with 7.3 million and 6 million, respectively.