Jurassic World (Colin Trevorrow)

[Peng]

My parents may have taken me to movies prior to this, but the first time I vividly recall seeing a movie in theater is Babe: Pig in the City, especially laughing my ass off at the bungee-jumping climax.

[Pop Trash]

I'll play:

1. The Secret of Nimh
2. E.T.
3. Snow White
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Indiana Jones/Temple of Doom

[D_Davis]

Snow White and Star Wars are the two that I remember.

[Skitch]

You guys are making me feel really damn old.

The Rescuers, Return of the Jedi

[Pop Trash]

Snow White and Star Wars are the two that I remember.

Oh right. I forgot about those Disney rereleases.

[number8]

Holy christ. Biggest opening weekend of all time, beating The Avengers' domestic record.

Its international numbers is also #1, beating Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by almost $30 million.

It's the first movie to ever earn half a billion dollars in one weekend.

[Pop Trash]

Holy christ. Biggest opening weekend of all time, beating The Avengers' domestic record.

Its international numbers is also #1, beating Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by almost $30 million.

It's the first movie to ever earn half a billion dollars in one weekend.

I thought Millennials weren't going to the movies anymore?

[Morris Schæffer]

You guys are making me feel really damn old.

The Rescuers, Return of the Jedi

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. I was 5 years old. After that, it's a bit of a haze. I know I went back to theaters at around 1990 as I saw Die Hard 2, Beverly Hills Cop II, Total Recall and Home Alone.

[Ivan Drago]

That's okay. I had a lot of fun. Although not quite sure what sequels are gonna be about seeing as another park has basically flopped yet again.

Call the next one Jurassic Universe.

I want to see dinosaurs fight in space.

[Irish]

I thought Millennials weren't going to the movies anymore?

More than half the money was made from 3D and IMAX shows. I'd be interested in a comparison of JW vs other blockbusters on that basis.

[number8]

Wouldn't the movie whose record it broke, The Avengers, be fairly comparable?

[Winston*]

Why isn't inflation taken into account with these numbers?

[Irish]

Wouldn't the movie whose record it broke, The Avengers, be fairly comparable?

Maybe?

I don't keep an eye on the breakdowns, but the last number I saw for JW was something like 62% of the box office came from premium ticket sales. Even for this type of movie, that seems high to me.

Taking that into account, the record breaking box office is less impressive. There's a ton of hot takes out there trying to explains JW's success, but it seems pretty simple to me: Charge people more per ticket and you'll make more money.

[Stay Puft]

First movie I ever saw in a theatre was Ernest Scared Stupid. I have vivid memories of this. I would have been 7 at the time.

I had no idea there was so much demand or nostalgia for Jurassic Park. I guess I'm really out of the loop.

[Dukefrukem]

Why isn't inflation taken into account with these numbers?

Gone with the Wind is still number 1

[Fezzik]

Call the next one Jurassic Universe.

I want to see dinosaurs fight in space.

I saw a post somewhere on social media that noted that the Jurassic movies seemed to share a naming convention with the Super Mario Brothers Games:

Super Mario Brothers / Jurassic Park
SMB 2: The Lost Levels / Jurassic Park: The Lost World
SMB3 / JP3
SM World / Jurassic World

Based on this, they surmised that the next Jurassic Movie would be called "Jurassic Galaxy," so maybe you're not far off?

(Personally, my vote is for Jurassic Kart - Dinosaurs racing cars).

[Dukefrukem]

I would like no more Jurassic Park movies. This was not a fun experience. I'd rather watch JP3 than Jurassic World.

[number8]

Why isn't inflation taken into account with these numbers?

Taking that into account, the record breaking box office is less impressive. There's a ton of hot takes out there trying to explains JW's success, but it seems pretty simple to me: Charge people more per ticket and you'll make more money.

Gone with the Wind is still number 1

I guess this answers all of these: if you think about it, what would be the point of doing that math? Box office numbers are about the spectacle of how much money was moved, regardless of currency value. While you do have stat sites like Box Office Mojo maintaining charts with the inflation adjustments, ultimately no one cares about that because what the industry measures and reveres is the big dollars, not the popularity that we (as fans who don't make money from the movie's success) translate the big dollars into.

It's pretty much implausible to get an accurate record of popularity anyway, no? Even if you were to count number of ticket sales instead of prices, screening models have changed drastically over the years. The Gone with the Wind record that duke is referring to is total box office, since comparing the opening numbers would be pointless since a lot of movies used to have a staggered release. GWTW didn't even open wide until a year and a half after it started playing in select theaters. It also stayed in theaters far longer than today's theatrical lifespan of blockbusters that has shortened thanks to home video and an oversatured market. Similarly, the simultaneous worldwide release model that global opening numbers are based on is a fairly new thing, so you'd also have to take that into account. All in all, inflation and premium sales are not the only adjustment you'd have to make to get a proper "who drew the biggest crowd" comparison.

The way I look at it, at least, how much of Jurassic World's half a billion dollars is premium sales doesn't matter, because what I find noteworthy isn't the number of people who went to see it, but the amount of money people were willing to give to it.

(Fun fact: GWTW's gross also includes premium tickets. Even more so, actually. For that first 1.5 years of roadshow screenings, MGM charged almost 3x the regular ticket price. And you thought IMAX surcharge is steep!)

[Dead & Messed Up]

I saw a post somewhere on social media that noted that the Jurassic movies seemed to share a naming convention with the Super Mario Brothers Games:

Super Mario Brothers / Jurassic Park
SMB 2: The Lost Levels / Jurassic Park: The Lost World
SMB3 / JP3
SM World / Jurassic World

Based on this, they surmised that the next Jurassic Movie would be called "Jurassic Galaxy," so maybe you're not far off?

(Personally, my vote is for Jurassic Kart - Dinosaurs racing cars).

The next one would technically be Jurassic World 2: Rex's Island or Jurassic World 64.

[Morris Schæffer]

Call the next one Jurassic Universe.

I want to see dinosaurs fight in space.

Trevorrow:

"I'm intrigued by the idea of applying what happened with nuclear power to dinosaurs: it started very small and was then used for a weapon and then as power, and finally spread to the point where there's 22 different countries with that capability. The power to make a dinosaur has always been localised to InGen and Jurassic Park, but what if that goes open source and many different types of interests can make a dinosaur? There's also room in exploring a world where we have the same relationship with dinosaurs as we have with other animals on this planet. I'm not sure I'm going be the one to carry it on, certainly not from a directorial standpoint. In my personal opinion, this franchise will be better served by having different directors in the way they're doing with Star Wars. Each of those Star Wars movies will be very personal and have completely new visions. There are some pretty cool Spanish horror directors whose Jurassic Park movie I'd love to see as a fan."

[Dukefrukem]

This is going to make more than Avengers...

[Dukefrukem]

Oh and. I particularly love that first twitter handle.

[bac0n]

Eh, as far as throwaway summer fun goes, it scratched that itch. We saw it in Imax, and in particular when Pratt was on the hunt with the Raptors, he on his motorcycle, they bounding down the forest, was pretty exhilarating, and when ol' T-Rex and D-Rex finally squared off, I was grinning from ear to ear.

Sure, all the characters except Pratt were annoying as hell, but eh, I was expecting no less.

[Skitch]

This was just...damn...fun. I knew every spoiler going in and still had a lot of fun. Easily the best since the first. I will minus one entire point for her heels. That was so irritatingly dumb, even in THIS movie. Especially when they had the perfect opportunity (in original JP building) to swap out for some boots or anything. Plenty of other faults, but who cares, its a monster movie about dinosaurs aimed at teens, and it works just fine for that.

[Lazlo]

I had fun with this. Plotting and characterization is a mess but the action is exciting. I am pretty well convinced that you can play John Williams' theme over almost anything and I'd be on board.