Tag: Jurassic World: Dominion
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How John Carpenter’s 1982 ‘The Thing’ Became a Surprise Entry in This Weekend’s Top Ten
Forget the box office top ten estimated weekend charts published yesterday. They all left out one film: John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic “The Thing.” The film, which played in around 730 theaters for a single showtime on Sunday only as a Fathom Events presentation, ended up in the #9 position for the three days with…
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‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ holds UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Lightyear’ opens third
Mixed fortunes for titles amid hot weather for much of territory.RankFilm (distributor) Three-day gross (June 17 – 19)Total gross to date Week 1. Jurassic World Dominion (Universal) £5.7m £21.8m 2 2. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) £4.2m £57.4m 4 3. Lightyear (Disney) £3.7m £3.7m 1 4. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (Lionsgate) £189,597 £239,000 1…
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‘Lightyear’ Opens In Second Place Behind Still-Roaring ‘Jurassic World’ With Soft 51 Million Bow
Well, it didn’t quite reach infinity and beyond. In fact, it didn’t even reach first place—a rarity for a big-budget Pixar tentpole. But despite its disappointing blast-off, Disney’s Lightyear still managed to rack up 51 million during its domestic debut over Father’s Day weekend. Maybe it was the absence of Woody and the rest of…
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Box Office: Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Underwhelms With 51 Million Debut as ‘Jurassic World’ Stays No. 1
To infinity and beyond? Not exactly…“Lightyear,” a spinoff story set in Pixar’s “Toy Story” universe, fell short of that boundless milestone in its box office debut, collecting a lackluster 51 million from 4,255 North American theaters. Family audiences, the movie’s prime demographic, have been largely absent since Covid. But even so, those ticket sales are…
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Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Is from Animation’s Most Lucrative Franchise, So Why the Lowball Projections?
Unlike the three other highly anticipated franchises to debut since May — “Doctor Strange” (Disney), “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount), and “Jurassic World: Dominion”(Universal) — Pixar’s “Lightyear” (Disney) will be the only one to open under 100 million. Projections are around 75 million, which might be a generous assessment.Why the struggle for the fifth film in…
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Why Jurassic World Dominion’s Epic Prologue Was Cut From The Movie
65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth as the dominant form of life on this planet. Unless you’re a weirdo like myself and obsessively watched all those BBC “Walking with Dinosaurs” specials from back in the day, the somewhat less-than-realistic “Dinosaur” movie from 2000, or “The Land Before Time” animated movies/shows, or the recent…
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‘Jurassic World: Dominion,’ ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Rule U.K. Box Office
Universal’s “Jurassic World: Dominion” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £12.1 million (14.8 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” scored £5.5 million in its third weekend and now has a mighty total of £50 million, jetting towards being one of the highest grossers of the year in the…
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‘Top Gun’ and ‘Jurassic’ Power Biggest Box Office in Years, So Why Are AMC and IMAX Stocks Down?
Monday was a day that stock traders and investors would soon like to forget. Though we’ve had lots of those lately.Today’s declines were devastating to the valuation of most publicly-traded companies, but several major media companies took a particularly harsh bath. Shares in Roku dove nearly 11-and-a-half percent; Paramount Global shrunk more than eight percent.But…
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Lightyear Composer Michael Giacchino On The Unique Challenges Of Making Music During Lockdown [Interview]
Composer Michael Giacchino is one of the hardest working people in Hollywood today. In 2022 alone, he is the credited composer on not only “Lightyear,” but “The Batman,” “Jurassic World Dominion,” and the upcoming “Thor: Love and Thunder.” This was after deftly handling the musical juggling act of “
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‘Jurassic World Dominion’ 53 Million Opening Gives China Its Best Box Office Weekend in Three Months
A powerfully impressive opening by “Jurassic World Dominion” and a partial reopening of cinemas gave China its biggest box office weekend in more than three months.The dinosaur franchise movie earned 53 million (RMB355 million) in three days in China, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. The film chewed off a massive 88 share of…