Welp
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Here in the United States, the
domestic box office was easily dominated by
Ocean’s 8 and
Hereditary. Practically everywhere else in the world, however, the second weekend in June saw another film entirely take over the international box office:
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Yes, the sequel to the
box office-busting 2015 revival to the
Jurassic Park film series was released two weeks ahead of its June 22nd American premiere across Europe and Southeast Asia, and
according to Variety, it has reigned supreme.
Across 48 international markets, the
Jurassic World sequel
amassed $151.1 million. It achieved the top spot in every single one, accruing the most in South Korea ($27.2 million), the United Kingdom ($19.9 million), France ($10 million) and Spain ($9.5 million). And even before
Fallen Kingdom gets the chance to score domestic points in the U.S., it will the Chinese (June 15th), Australian and Brazilian (June 21st) markets. The Mexican release (June 22nd) falls on the same day as America’s.
Box Office Mojo
tallied the international total for
Jurassic World‘s theatrical run at just over $1 billion. Nearly two thirds of its total box office gross, $1.6 billion came from outside of the U.S. So it’s a good bet that
Fallen Kingdom will accomplish something similar during its tenure in the coming weeks and months. It also sounds like Universal Pictures is going to need a bigger Jeff Goldblum cameo.
(Via
Variety)