Jurassic World held off Inside Out in a very close race on Tuesday to remain in first place at the daily box office. The Chris Pratt led 3D blockbuster sequel from Universal and Legendary took in $13.13 million on Tuesday, which topped Inside Out by a very slim $91,652 for the day. Jurassic World has led the daily box office for eleven of the past twelve days. The film was up 13.5 percent over Monday and down a solid 46 percent from last Tuesday. The twelve-day total for Jurassic World stands at a massive $427.50 million. Without adjusting for ticket price inflation that already ranks the film as the 11th highest grossing film of all-time domestically. And by the end of today Jurassic World is set to move into tenth place on the all-time list.Jurassic World is currently running $38.03 million and 10 percent ahead of the $389.47 million twelve-day take of 2012’s Marvel’s The Avengers.
Inside Out placed in an extremely close second with $13.04 million. The critically acclaimed 3D computer animated film from Disney and Pixar increased a healthy 24 percent over Monday’s performance. Inside Outhas grossed a much stronger than expected $113.96 million in five days of release. Compared to previous blockbusters from Pixar, Inside Out is running an impressive 8 percent ahead of the $105.30 million five-day start of 2013’s Monsters University and 19 percent behind the $141.04 million five-day take of 2010’s Toy Story 3.
Fox’s Spy held steady in third place with $1.69 million. The Melissa McCarthy led comedy was up an impressive 35 percent over Monday and down only 20 percent from last Tuesday. Spy continues to stabilize as of late thanks in part to strong word of mouth and strengthening summer midweek business. The film has grossed a respectable $78.05 million in 19 days.
Warner’s San Andreas took in $1.20 million to remain in fourth. The Dwayne Johnson led 3D disaster film was up 26 percent over Monday and down a very slim 15 percent from last Tuesday. San Andreas continues to significantly exceed pre-release expectations with a 26-day take of $134.86 million.
Open Road’s Dope rounded out the day’s unchanged top five with $0.851 million. The critically acclaimed Rick Famuyiwa directed comedy drama was up 8 percent over Monday. That represented the day’s softest daily percentage increase among wide releases. Dope has grossed $7.74 million in five days. That is slightly below expectations and places the film 11 percent ahead of the $6.95 million five-day start of last year’sBeyond the Lights.
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