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    Forgive me.. I may just be coming off the high of an amazing summer movie experience. Or just too much movie theater popcorn, with extra unhealthy butter. That stuff will kill you.

    But JURASSIC WORLD may have been one of the best films I have seen in years.. it reigns high in the action department. The fun department. the laughter.. the homages to the amazing original 1993 film that inspired me as a 13-year-old in a movie theater..

    JURASSIC WORLD has every single thing that a summer box office buster should have.
    And with it.. a record.

    JURASSIC WORLD can now boast that it has over $500 million .. in one weekend.. all over the globe.

    The AP reports:

    “This over-performed in a way that I’ve never seen,” Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian said. “It broke the box office sound barrier.”

    So why?

    I would suggest that families, parents, people like me, who were stunned in the early 90s with the amazing original film, are in part passing that love of film and action to their own children. A new generation is seeing JURASSIC WORLD, with their parents.. and grandparents. That is how the arm-to-arm theater I was in tonight looked. A mixture of ages, from young to old.. all sitting with fascinated eyes staring at the screen. Amazed at the sights, dreading the plight.. and applauding the might of the secret victor at the end of the film..

    This movie had what I expected. And more..
    …The movie theater butter is secreting from my scalp.. But my brain is going to be filled with the images of JURASSIC WORLD for years to come–the same effect the original had.

    A record setting box office opening.
    Something that analysts have never seen before.

    And perhaps won’t again.
    Experience the moment in a theater, should you get the chance. It’s a visit to the WORLD you will not regret..

  • FRIDAY’S GROSS FOR JURASSIC WORLD WAS $80 MIL PLUS.

    FRIDAY’S GROSS FOR JURASSIC WORLD WAS $80 MIL PLUS.

    That night alone.
    The estimates were revised once..
    They will be revised again..

    There is a bigger chance that JURASSIC is going to take a major run at the AVENGERS’ record..

    For those who say box office totals don’t matter. I wrote earlier that I mostly agree. Except in the summer.. that is when all bets are off.

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    DINOSAUR RUN! JURASSIC WORLD TAKES $18 MIL ON THURSDAY ALONE, ESTIMATES OF $125 MIL FOR WEEKEND MAY BE SURPASSED..

    FILM IS IN 4273 STRONG

    CAN IT BEAT THE AGE OF ULTRON?

    AGE OF ULTRON opened with $195 mil.. JURASSIC WORLD was set for $125 mil.. but with Thursday rock and sock and Friday ticket sales, ULTRON may face competition.. Finalized numbers may near $155 mil for the return of the mighty mean DINOSAUR to the big screen..

    People have often said that the box office totals don’t matter.Maybe.. if you like a movie, you like a movie.

    But summer movies are judged by the cash influx they have. AGE OF ULTRON is a respected summer hit, even though it may have been one of the dullest movies I have ever seen, it couldn’t even keep my son’s attention, and he’s a major fan of the AVENGERS.

    JURASSIC WORLD has garnered some negative reviews, with people saying the horror dino redo is relying too much on CGI and not enough on a story. 

    That will not matter, however, when the chips are layed out.. it will also not be a bother to anyway who is sitting in a cooled air conditioned movie theater..

    I recall back in 1993 when the original JURASSIC PARK came out. I was 13 and young, amazed with what I was seeing on the screen.. the movie changed my view at that time of what movies could be.. I was still on my summer of 89 high and BATMAN and let down by BATMAN RETURNS. But JURASSIC PARK was true epic box office magic.

    I sense that despite the misgivings of the AP and other reviewers, that same ‘magic’ will return for countless kids around age 13 this summer. This weekend. This day.

    JURASSIC WORLD looks like it’s set for a promising haul of cash. Staying power? Maybe not..
    But it’s summer.
    Anything can happen..