Jurassic World becomes third biggest movie of all time after overtaking The
The film has also broke box office records as the highest-grossing US opening of all time, the highest-grossing global opening of all time, and the fastest film to make $1 billion.
Now, these figures don’t adjust for inflation (Jurassic World checks in at No. 28 on the domestic list), but that’s still – BREAKING NEWS – a lot of scratch. The only two films ahead of Jurassic World are James Cameron’s monstrous hits, Best Picture victor Titanic at #2 and sci-fi spectacle Avatar at #1.
Studio executives should give out melodicas made of gold as Christmas bonuses.
The cost of going to the movies rose 3.4 percent to $8.61 per ticket from the second quarter of 2014, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Theatre Owners.
The final territory for “Jurassic World” is Japan, where it will open on August 5.
Star Chris Pratt can now add another impressive notch to his box office belt, which already included $774 million worldwide from last year’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” and $468 million from “The Lego Movie“.
Universal has yet to announce plans for Jurassic World 2, but a sequel is all but guaranteed.