We all know that dinosaurs died a long, long time ago. Except in Hollywood, that is. Do they thrive there because of the mild climate? Do they stave off extinction through languid respites by the beach? Or is it because they have easy access to their favorite green, leafy food: money?
The dinosaurs of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom certainly devoured plenty of it this weekend—an estimated $150 million in North America, in fact. That was enough to push the flick to the top of the box office, where the dinosaurs likely chortled (as dinosaurs do) at the also-rans below.
Keep in mind, Fallen Kingdom had already collected plenty of payola. Released earlier in several key overseas markets, the movie has now banked $561.5 million internationally, which makes its North American take mere frosting on an already overstuffed cake. Just call its performance veloci-rapturous.
Also worth noting: Fallen Kingdom’s debut gives it one of the year’s top five opening weekends—behind Avengers: Infinity War ($257.7 million), Black Panther ($202 million), last week’s Incredibles 2 ($182.7 million) but ahead of Deadpool 2 ($125.5 million). And when you look at that list of heavy hitters, you might notice something else: It’s the only non-superhero movie on the roster.
Everyone knew, of course, that Fallen Kingdom was gonna be big: 2015’s Jurassic World earned $1.67 billion all told, and it would’ve been the year’s biggest movie had it not been for a little flick called Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Any would-be freshmen challengers steered well clear of Fallen Kingdom, leaving a collection of holdovers to do what they could against the Triassic titan.
Incredibles 2, last week’s champ, submitted to second but still boasted an impressive weekend take of $80.9 million. The animated film has now earned $350.4 million domestically, already making it the year’s third highest-grossing flick (behind Black Panther and Infinity War, naturally).
Ocean’s 8 pilfered another $11.7 million from moviegoers, finishing third. The R-rated comedy TAG slid to fourth with $8.2 million, staving off Deadpool 2, which closed out the top five with around $5.3 million.
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