Starring Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Richard Attenborough, Steven Spielberg’s 1993 sci-fi smash hit Jurassic Park had everything: critical and fan adoration and box-office phenomenon status with over $1 billion in ticket sales. The sequels however didn’t hit the mark with Spielberg’s 1997 follow up The Lost World taking $618 million and Joe Johnston’s 2001 effort Jurassic Park III receiving $368 million, despite additions such as Pete Postlethwaite and Julianne Moore. Jurassic World has taken an unorthodox approach by ditching the original cast for new blood such as underdog actors Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help), Jake Johnson (TV’s New Girl) and Vincent D’Onofrio (Netflix’s Daredevil) as well as indie director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed). Last week we predicted it’d be number one but it hardly seems like to team to bring a record breaking smash hit.
US:
- Jurassic World – Director: Colin Trevorrow – $208.8 million
- Spy – Paul Feig – $15.6 million
- San Andreas – Brad Peyton – $10.8 million
- Insidious Chapter 3 – Leigh Whannell – $7.3 million
- Pitch Perfect 2 – Elizabeth Banks – $6.4 million
UK:
- Jurassic World – Colin Trevorrow – £19.4 million
- Spy – Paul Feig – £1.5 million
- San Andreas – Brad Peyton – £0.8 million
- Insidious Chapter 3 – Leigh Whannell – £0.7 million
- Pitch Perfect 2 – Elizabeth Banks – £0.4 million
While we had expected Jurassic World to be successful, we didn’t anticipate it stealing box-office records from Avengers Assemble and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. At the beginning of the year, we predicted that Age of Ultron, Spectre and Star Wars: The Force Awakens would be the big hitters with Jurassic World, Ant-Man, Terminator 5, Mission Impossible 5 and others lagging behind but this is just one in a series of upsets including the flops of Tomorrowland and Jupiter Ascending and the successes of Furious 7, Mad Max: Fury Road and Fifty Shades of Grey. This week I’ve scored 8/10.
US:
- Jurassic World – Colin Trevorrow
- Inside Out – Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen
- Dope – Rick Famuyiwa
- Spy – Paul Feig
- San Andreas – Brad Peyton
UK:
- Jurassic World – Colin Trevorrow
- Mr Holmes – Bill Condon
- Spy – Paul Feig
- The Longest Ride – George Tillman Jr
- Entourage – Doug Ellin
Chris Pratt in Jurassic World, This week’s US and UK number one.
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