娱乐英语新闻:"Jurassic World" stays first in North America box office

LOS ANGELES, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Universal's 3D film "Jurassic World" retained its first place at the weekend box office in United States and Canada with 102 million U.S. dollars, beating out the latest Disney-Pixar animation film "Inside Out".

"Jurassic World" grossed 102 million dollars this weekend with a 51 percent decline compared with the first weekend, making it the second largest 2nd weekend gross of all-time; behind only the 103 million take of 2012's "Marvel's The Avengers".

"Jurassic World" has grossed 398.2 million dollars in just ten days of release in North America, which represents the largest ten- day start of all time. It is running 25.2 million and 7 percent ahead of the 373.1-million-dollar ten-day take of former record holder "The Avengers".

Among the ticket sales in North America this weekend, "Jurassic World" grossed an estimated 11.3 million from IMAX locations, which represented 11.1 percent of the film's overall weekend gross. It has grossed 42 million to date from IMAX locations while 3D grosses represented 47 percent of the film's overall gross this weekend.

This dinosaur-eat-men sequel was on track to sell 981 million dollars in tickets worldwide over its first eight days of screening, according to ticket tracking and analysis firm Rentrak.

Opening at 3,946 locations, Pixar Studios "Inside Out" ranked the second and brought in an incredible 91 million dollars. It is Pixar's first-ever debut below first place.

All was not lost at Pixar, however, as "Inside Out" has far outperformed the predicted sales of 60 million dollars in tickets. Its good performance makes it Pixar's second largest opening weekend, behind "Toy Story 3", which made 110.3 million dollars in 2010. "Inside Out" got an "A" from moviegoers and a highly 98 percent positive rate from critics.

The film also posted a fantastic worldwide start this weekend and has ticket sales of 132 million dollars worldwide. Its audience breakdown skewed heavily towards moviegoers 25 years and under (60 percent) and towards female moviegoers (56 percent). Family audiences represented 71 percent of the film's overall audience. 3D grosses represented 28 percent of the film's overall gross this weekend.

Fox's "Spy" was placed in a distant third with an estimated 10. 5 million dollars, though it added 383 screens in North America. This Melissa McCarthy-led comedy has grossed 74.4 million dollars through 17 days.

Warner's "San Andreas" dropped 358 screens and ended up fourth with 8.2 million dollars. It has got over 132.2 million dollars within 24 days since its release.

Comedy film "Dope" debuted at the fifth place with an estimated 6 million dollars this weekend. It received an "A-" rating on CinemaScore and 90 percent approval rate from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Rounding out the 10 most popular films in the United States and Canada were "Insidious Chapter 3" (4.1 million dollars), "Pitch Perfect 2" (3. million), "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2.8 million), " Avengers: Age Of Ultron" (2.7 million) and "Tomorrowland" (2 million).