NORTH AMERICA: Monday Update: ‘Inside Out’ Takes First With $29.8M; ‘Jurassic World’ #2 With $29.2M; ‘Terminator Genisys’ Underwhelms With $27.0M; Front-Loaded ‘Magic Mike XXL’ Lackluster With $12.85M

Monday Update: With weekend actuals now coming in, Disney’s Inside Out ultimately came out on top this weekend with $29.77 million.  Universal’s Jurassic World ended up in a close second with  $29.24 million.

Meanwhile, Paramount’s Terminator Genisys came in at $27.02 million, while Warner’s revised estimate forMagic Mike XXL stands at $12.85 million.

Sunday Update: It was a very close race this weekend between fellow blockbusters Jurassic World andInside Out. Based on studio estimates, Universal’s Jurassic World has the edge with an estimated $30.94 million. That places it $0.84 million ahead of Disney’s Inside Out for the weekend, which took in an estimated $30.11 million. It’s obviously close enough between the two films that positioning could still change when actuals are released on Monday.

Jurassic World decreased 43 percent from last weekend’s performance. If its positioning holds, the film has now led the weekend box office for four consecutive frames (a feat which Universal also achieved withFurious 7 earlier this year). Without adjusting for ticket price inflation, Jurassic World registered the third largest fourth weekend performance of all-time (behind only 2009’s Avatar and 2012’s Marvel’s The Avengers). Jurassic World has grossed a massive $558.20 million through 24 days of release. This weekend the film surpassed the $534.86 million final gross of 2008’s The Dark Knight to move into fourth place on the all-time unadjusted domestic list. Jurassic World is now just $65.16 million away from passing the $623.36 million final domestic gross of The Avengers to move into third place on the list. Jurassic World is currently running $44.83 million and 9 percent ahead of the $513.37 million 24-day take of The Avengers.

Inside Out was down a solid 42.5 percent from last weekend. Holdovers in general were noticeably affected by Independence Day falling on Saturday this year (the first time that has occurred since back in 2009).Inside Out continues to exceed its lofty expectations with a strong 17-day start of $246.16 million. That already makes the film the fourth highest grossing release of 2015 thus far (behind only Jurassic World,Avengers: Age of Ultron and Furious 7). Compared to other previous blockbusters from Pixar, Inside Out is running an impressive 14 percent ahead of the $216.25 million 17-day take of 2013’s Monsters Universityand 15 percent behind the $289.11 million 17-day gross of 2010’s Toy Story 3. Competition for family audiences will soon be getting much tougher with the release of Universal’s highly anticipated Minions this coming Friday.

Paramount’s Terminator Genisys wasn’t far behind with an estimated third place debut of $28.7 million. The Arnold Schwarzenegger led 3D sci-fi action sequel has grossed $44.16 million through five days of release.Terminator Genisys is performing on the very low end of scaled back expectations and in the bigger picture is performing softly with both its cost and the previous history of The Terminator franchise in mind.Terminator Genisys is running 32 percent behind the $65.32 million five-day start of 2009’s Terminator Salvation (which opened on a Thursday) and percent 39 behind the $72.39 million five-day take of 2003’sTerminator 3 (which opened on a Wednesday). The film is performing much more in line with the $40.14 million five-day Independence Day weekend start of 2009’s Public Enemies.

One positive aspect of the holiday start for Terminator Genisys is that the film was relatively back-loaded with a five-day to three-day weekend ratio of 1.54 to 1. That stat, along with the film’s B+ rating on CinemaScore suggests that Terminator Genisys is going over better with moviegoers than it has with critics. On the other hand, Terminator Genisys will be facing new direct competition from the likes of Disney’s Ant-Man, Sony’s Pixels and fellow Paramount release Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation throughout the month of July.

Terminator Genisys took in an estimated $5.5 million from IMAX locations over the five-day frame. That represented 12.5 percent of the film’s overall five-day start.

After getting off to a solid start on Wednesday (when the film took first place for the day) and Thursday, Warner’s Magic Mike XXL lost major momentum over the weekend and had to settle for a distant estimated fourth place take of $12.04 million. That places the five-day start for the Channing Tatum led sequel at a significantly softer than expected $27.07 million and gives the film a 5-day to 3-day weekend ratio of 2.25 to 1. The film’s early front-loading is obviously a troubling sign going forward, though some of the front-loading is clearly due to the film being greatly affected by Independence Day falling on Saturday (the film was down 60 percent from Friday on Saturday). Magic Mike XXL is running 45 percent below the $49.62 million five-day take of 2012’s Magic Mike (which opened on a Friday) and 30 percent behind the $38.51 million five-day start of 2003’s Legally Blonde 2 (which opened a Wednesday).

The audience breakdown for Magic Mike XXL skewed towards moviegoers over the age of 25 (73 percent) and extremely towards female moviegoers (96 percent). In comparison, the film’s predecessor skewed 73 percent towards female moviegoers. Magic Mike XXL will be helped out by its very modest production budget and the film did receive a promising A- rating on CinemaScore, so it may be able to stabilize a bit after this weekend, especially on weekdays.

Universal’s Ted 2 rounded out the weekend’s top five with an estimated $11.02 million. On the heels of last weekend’s already softer than expected start, the Seth MacFarlane directed comedy sequel was down a very sharp 67 percent. Ted 2 has grossed a much softer than expected $58.33 million in ten days. That places the film a very disappointing 51 percent behind the $119.85 million ten-day take of 2012’s Ted (which fell just 41 percent in its second weekend to gross $32.20 million). Given its far poorer second weekend hold and its nature as a sequel, Ted 2 is set to fall further and further behind the pace of its predecessor going forward. Ted and Magic Mike broke out at the same time three years ago during the summer of 2012, but in hindsight audiences clearly weren’t all that hungry for a sequel to either film.

Max held up far better this weekend with an estimated sixth place take of $7.0 million. The modestly budgeted family film from Warner Bros. and MGM was down 42 percent from last weekend. Max continues to perform in line with expectations with a solid ten-day take of $25.75 million. That places the film 23 percent ahead of the $20.87 million ten-day gross of last year’s Earth to Echo.

On the platform front, A24’s Amy was off to a nice start with an estimated $222,015 from 6 locations in New York and Los Angeles. That gave the critically acclaimed documentary on the late Amy Winehouse a per-location average of $37,003 for the frame. Amy will be expanding into additional locations on Friday.

Saturday Update: Disney reports that Inside Out held onto first place Friday with an estimated gross of $12.51 million. That brings the hugely successful animated pic’s domestic tally up to $228.56 million through 15 days of release, 38 percent ahead of the pace of Up and 15 percent behind Toy Story 3. BoxOffice is projecting the film will finish out the holiday weekend in the top spot with a projected $30 million third frame.

Universal’s Jurassic World also stayed put in second place yesterday, tacking on another $11.8 million and bringing its overall domestic tally up to a staggering $539.04 million in just 22 days. That puts it 11 percent ahead of where Marvel’s The Avengers stood at the same point in release, while also moving World ahead ofThe Dark Knight ($534.9 million) for fourth place on the all-time chart. Universal’s official projection for this weekend is $28.9 million.

Paramount’s Terminator Genisys grossed $10.8 million in third place yesterday, giving it a disappointing three-day start of $26.255 million. By comparison, that’s 38.5 percent behind the pace of the franchise’s previous installment, 2009’s Terminator Salvation. Although the reboot/sequel posted a 65.5 percent increase from Thursday, word of mouth and reviews are working against the pic in the long game. BoxOffice is projecting a $26.5 million three-day weekend, giving it an overall five-day launch of $41.955 million.

Magic Mike XXL held steady in fourth place with $6.3 million on Friday, giving it a three-day start of $21.33 million since opening on Wednesday. The sequel is performing below expectations and is proving to have been even more front-loaded than expected, although it’s still a financial success for Warner Bros. thanks to a modest budget. The film is pacing 45.5 percent behind the three-day gross of its predecessor and is projected to earn $15.1 million over the Friday-Saturday-Sunday frame. That would give it an overall five-day start of $30.18 million (Wednesday through Sunday).

Filling out the top five, Ted 2 posted $4.4 million yesterday, off 67 percent from opening day last week. That’s a sharp drop considering yesterday’s grosses across the board were somewhat inflated due to Friday serving as the benefactor of the Independence Day holiday with many people busy with festivities come Saturday. The comedy sequel’s eight-day total stands at $51.734 million, 47 percent behind where the first pic stood. Universal projects an $11.1 million sophomore frame.

Last week’s other new release, Max, added $2.65 million yesterday to give it a healthy eight-day sum of $21.4 million. BoxOffice projects a $6.3 million second weekend.

Expanding into 870 locations this weekend, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl grabbed $488,000 yesterday for a $561 per-theater average. The much-buzzed-about indie flick has earned $3.17 million in all so far domestically. The pic should tally around $1.2 million this weekend.

Meanwhile, Faith of Our Fathers took in $179,063 from 344 theaters yesterday for a $521 per-theater average. The faith-based film’s three-day haul is $367,854. BoxOffice projects a $420,000 weekend, giving it an estimated $609,000 five-day opening.

Check BoxOffice on Sunday for official weekend estimates from the studios.