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Another Hollywood franchise has lost a bit of its bite.
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” opened to an estimated $150 million in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend. That is a healthy debut by most measures, but 28% below the massive $208.8 million start for the first “Jurassic World,” which relaunched the 25-year-old dinosaur franchise in 2015.
Since debuting two weeks ago in some foreign markets, “Fallen Kingdom” has grossed $561.5 million overseas. Its global total is $711.5 million. The second “Jurassic World” could surpass $1 billion worldwide, but is unlikely to come close to the $1.67 billion global total of its predecessor.
The big-budget release from Comcast Corp. -owned Universal posted the fourth-highest opening for any film this year. It comes just a week after “Incredibles 2,” from Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar Animation Studios, made its debut to $182.7 million. This weekend “Incredibles 2” grossed $80.9 million, bringing its domestic total to $350.4 million. That is already higher than the entire run of “The Incredibles” in 2004.
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