$511 Million USD in Cinema Ticket Sales in a Weekend for Jurassic World
“Jurassic World” directed by Colin Trevorrow and co-produced by Steven Spielberg has become the first film in history to take more than $500 million dollars (USD) at the box office on its opening weekend. The film, the fourth in the Jurassic Park franchise, had been scheduled for release in the summer of 2014, but script issues and filming delays put back the release of the movie.
All Doubts Removed
Any doubts the executives at Universal Studios had about “Jurassic World” were very quickly dispelled as advance ticket sales for the opening weekend had hinted that the lure of genetically engineered dinosaurs was going to result in huge financial rewards for the studio.
The film was the most popular screening in all sixty-six countries where it was released over the weekend. In the United States it took some $204 million dollars (USD), box office receipts in China are estimated to have exceeded $100 million (USD), whilst in the United Kingdom and Ireland ticket sales were around the $30 million (USD) mark.
According to media reports, the success of “Jurassic World” in America makes it the second highest grossing opening weekend for a film in the United States (the record is held by the 2012 release of Marvel’s “The Avengers” which took $207.4 million (USD) in its first weekend.
A Monster Hit in the Cinemas!
A model of a genetically designed dinosaur. Inspired by InGen? A film proves to be a “monster hit” on the opening weekend.
For models and replicas of prehistoric animals: Nanmu Studio Jurassic World Models.
Global box office ticket sales have been estimated at around the $511.8 million dollars mark (USD), that equates to approximately £325 million (GBP), even the giant Masrani conglomerate, the fictitious global concern that supposedly owns the theme park where the movie is set, would be impressed with sales figures such as these.
Possibly Universal Studio’s Highest Grossing Film Ever
The first “Jurassic Park” film was released in 1993. Everything Dinosaur team members think that this first movie (for the time being), remains Universal Studio’s highest grossing film ever, with over $921 million (USD) generated at the box office worldwide. This figure was further boosted by cinema receipts from the twentieth anniversary edition released in 2013.
To put these cinema sales into context, the top grossing film in the United States and Canada last year (box office receipts), was “Guardians of the Galaxy which took some $333.1 million (USD), “Jurassic World” achieved over sixty percent of this sales figure in just its opening weekend. “Guardians of the Galaxy” starred Chris Pratt, who plays Owen Grady, the Velociraptor behaviourist turned hero of “Jurassic World”.
People Just Love Dinosaurs – “Jurassic World”
What does all this mean? Put simply, people just love dinosaurs and the bigger and fiercer they are the better. Perhaps this film will inspire the next generation of scientists, a spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“Jurassic World, was always going to be a huge success in all likelihood. The film puts people and dinosaurs together and that is a winning combination that has been proved time and time again throughout cinema history.”
A Sequel?
The success of the film does not just mean a rekindling of our love affair with summer block-busters, it also virtually guarantees that the “Jurassic Park” franchise will continue. Everything Dinosaur team members predict that there will be a sequel, expect announcements soon and a cinema release of maybe late 2017.
Team members try to make annual predictions about dinosaur discoveries, fossil finds and likely events related to palaeontology at the beginning of each year. Our first prediction for 2015, was a real no-brainer, we confidently stated that “Jurassic World” was going to be a huge success!
To read Everything Dinosaur’s full list of palaeontology predictions for 2015: Everything Dinosaur’s Predictions 2015.
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