Critically, San Francisco’s animating legends Pixar may have wavered in the past few years but financially they’re as strong as ever. They’ve been fairly consistent financially since their debut twenty years ago: 1995’s Toy Story ($362 million), 1998’s A Bug’s Life ($363 million), 1999’s Toy Story 2 ($511 million), 2001’s Monsters Inc ($562 million), 2003’s Finding Nemo ($936 million), 2004’s The Incredibles ($631 million), 2006’s Cars ($461 million), 2007’s Ratatouille ($623 million), 2008’s WALL-E ($521 million), 2009’s Up ($731 million), 2010’s Toy Story 3 ($1 billion), 2011’s Cars 2 ($559 million), 2012’s Brave ($529 million) and 2013’s Monsters University ($743 million). Following a rare two year hiatus, Pixar are back with Inside Out, which challenges the record breaking behemoth that is Jurassic World. You can find last week’s predictions here.
US:
- Jurassic World – Director: Colin Trevorrow – $106.6 million
- Inside Out – Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen – $90.4 million
- Spy – Paul Feig – $11.2 million
- San Andreas – Brad Peyton – $8.7 million
- Dope – Rick Famuyiwa – $6.1 million
UK:
- Jurassic World – Colin Trevorrow – £11.1 million
- Take That Live – £1 million
- Spy – Paul Feig – £0.9 million
- Mr Holmes – Bill Condon – £0.7 million
- Entourage – Doug Ellin – £0.6 million
While Jurassic World does keep its first place spot, Inside Out is still a triumph as it’s the biggest opening for an original film since 2009’s Avatar. In this time period, original sci-fi works like Edge of Tomorrow have struggled but filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan (Inception, Interstellar) remain champions of the field. Indie comedy Dope makes a respectable fifth place entry. This week I’ve scored 5/10.
US:
- Jurassic World – Colin Trevorrow
- Inside Out – Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen
- Ted 2 – Seth MacFarlane
- Max – Boaz Yakin
- Spy – Paul Feig
UK:
- Minions – Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
- Jurassic World – Colin Trevorrow
- Spy – Paul Feig
- Slow West – John Maclean
- Mr Holmes – Bill Condon
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in Jurassic World, this week’s UK and US number one.
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