LOS ANGELES: Universal’s latest dinosaur frightfest Jurassic World Dominion again stomped to the top on North American movie screens this weekend, while new release Lightyear didn’t quite make it to infinity, or beyond.
The sixth movie in the Jurassic Park franchise took in an estimated $58.7 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. It stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum.
Computer-animated offering Lightyear from the Toy Story empire, earned $51m. David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research called that “a soft opening for a spinoff of one of the most successful animation series of all time”.
Chris Evans voices title character Buzz Lightyear, who battles evil Emperor Zurg while trying to find his way home from a hostile planet. The film, which features a same-sex kiss, has been denied release in most Muslim countries.
Still soaring in third place was Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick, with a $44m take that Variety called “mammoth” for a film in its fourth week. The movie’s total earnings of $466m domestically and $419m overseas make it the biggest hit of Tom Cruise’s not-too-shabby career.
Fourth spot went to Disney’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, at $4.2m. Domestic earnings for the Benedict Cumberbatch sci-fi film are now just north of $400m.
And in fifth place was The Bob’s Burgers Movie from 20th Century. Based on the popular TV series, it took in $1.1 m.
Rounding out the top 10 were: The Bad Guys ($980,000) Everything Everywhere All at Once ($960,000), Downtown Abbey: A New Era ($830,000) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($228,000) and Brian and Charles ($198,000)-
Published in Dawn,June 20th, 2022
