Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has tweeted a congratulatory message to the makers of “Jurassic World” for their success scoring the all-time best opening weekend record ($208.8 million) at the North American box office and beating out Marvel’s “The Avengers” which had previously held it since 2012 with $207.4 million. The message includes a piece of art from Marvel conceptual designer Andy Park.
Congrats Mr. Spielberg @UniversalPics @Legendary @LeDoctor @colintrevorrow and especially @prattprattpratt pic.twitter.com/5DxlDM8pgK
– Kevin Feige (@Kevfeige) June 16, 2015
The list of records that the film smashed are included below:
Highest-grossing weekend of all time with $524.4 million
(Previous record: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” with $483.2 million)
Highest-grossing international weekend of all-time with $315.6 million
(Previous record: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” with $314 million)
Highest-grossing domestic weekend of all time with $208.8 million
(Previous record: “Marvel’s The Avengers” with $207.4 million)
Biggest domestic June debut
(Previous record: “Man of Steel” with $116.6 million)
Biggest PG-13 rated film debut
(Previous record: “Marvel’s The Avengers” with $207.4 million)
Fastest film to $200 million
(Previous record: “Marvel’s The Avengers”)
Universal’s highest-grossing international weekend
(Previous record” “Furious 7” with $250.4 million)
Universal’s highest-grossing North American weekend
(Previous record: “Furious 7” with $147.2 million)
Imax record international weekend of $23.5 million
(Previous record: “Transformers: Age of Extinction” with $16.7 million)
Imax record domestic weekend of $20.6 million
(Previous record: “The Dark Knight Rises” with $19 million)
Premium large-format record of $16.2 million
(Previous record: “Avengers: Age of Ultron” with $13.1 million)
Biggest debut for a Chris Pratt film
(Previous record: “Guardians of the Galaxy” with $94.3 million)
Source: Variety
