Did you see Jurassic World this weekend? Considering the fact that the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park franchise just broke the global box office record for an opening weekend, you probably did.
Jurassic World earned an estimated $511.8 million at the global box office in its opening weekend, Entertainment Weekly reports. The movie's studio, Universal Pictures, will release final weekend numbers on Monday.
This is the first movie to surpass that $500 million mark at the box office in one weekend. This record was previously held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which earned more than $483 million at the global box office during its opening weekend in July 2011.
Jurassic World also broke some records in the U.S., too. The film grossed $204.6 million in the U.S. this weekend, making it the second-highest domestic debut of all time behind Marvel's The Avengers, which grossed $207.4 million domestically when it opened in May 2012. However, Jurassic World did beat out Marvel's second Avengers film, Avengers: Age of Ultron, which grossed $191.3 million domestically when it opened in May, giving it the distinction of being the highest-grossing film of the year so far.
Jurassic World was expected to do well at the box office during its debut but not quite this well. Tracking predicted that the film would take in $100 to $130 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend, putting it more in line with what Man of Steel from Warner Bros. earned ($116.6 million) when it opened the same weekend in 2013, according to Deadline.
The film also had the widest domestic release in Universal Pictures history, playing in 4,273 theaters. Jurassic World's opening weekend also shows that 3D may not be quite dead just yet as 48 percent of its domestic gross came from 3D screens, which also made it the highest-grossing domestic debut for RealD. The movie also broke the domestic opening gross for an IMAX film of $19 million set by The Dark Knight Rises in 2012 with a haul of $20.6 million from IMAX ticket sales.
While reviews for Jurassic World have been on the lukewarm side, it's clear that moviegoers were happy to take another trip to the park.
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