Jurassic World has smashed its way out of the gates with the largest global opening of any film to date. It took $511.8 million around the world this weekend, which is the first time that a film has ever passed the half billion dollar mark in one weekend. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 held the previous record with $483.2 million. Jurassic World took the top spot in all of the 66 markets it debuted, including the United States, United Kingdom, China, Russia, Australia and Mexico.
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You might remember that, back in April, Avengers / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Firefly director Joss Whedon tweeted about this clip from Jurassic World, which depicted Chris Pratt’s character, Owen, and Bryce Dallas Howard’s character, Claire, locked in an awkwardly flirtatious encounter. Deeming it ’70s era sexist’ in his tweet, Whedon later regretted saying anything at all, stating that, ‘I don’t ever say things about other people’s work that are negative.’ But now Jurassic World‘s…
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Early reports are saying that Jurassic World, the latest instalment in the wildly popular Jurassic Park series, is tracking to open at a whopping $100 million. With pre-booking open around the world, and a string of trailers and clips that play hard on audience nostalgia, the movie is expected to have a huge opening weekend. Speaking to Variety, Phil Contrino – vice president of boxoffice.com – states that, ‘the trailers are connecting in such a big way.’

The last Jurassic Park movie…
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While we have to wait until June 12 for the unveiling of Jurassic World, the movie’s official website has given us a massive tease when it comes to the film’s biggest secret, Indominus Rex – a fearsome, genetically engineered dinosaur which Chris Pratt explains in the trailer as having been ‘cooked up’ in a lab. See the images below, and prepare to be a little terrified.

Firstly, here’s a poster for Indominus Rex’s captivity area (‘arrives this summer’):

And a tease of the…
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A new clip from Jurassic World has just dropped on the film’s official Twitter page, and it puts the chaos of dinosaurs let loose on a theme park front-and-centre…
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Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure based on the novel “Jurassic Park” by Michael Crichton.
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Welcome to The Green-Light, a new column from Gary Green. Find within spittle-flecked passion and encyclopaedic insight on everything to do with the movies.

I love practical effects. I also love CGI, when it’s done right. Truly great effects can transport you further into the world of the movie, helping to create living, breathing characters in-frame who are as tangible as the actors they’re appearing next to, whether it be the binary wizardry of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings, or Jeff…
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Listen to Steven Spielberg, Colin Trevorrow and Chris Pratt’s thoughts on their upcoming movie, Jurassic World.
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A new clip from Jurassic World has just dropped on the film’s official Twitter page, and it puts the chaos of dinosaurs let loose on a theme park front-and-centre…
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Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next instalment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World.
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Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park (1993), Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor’s interest, which backfires horribly.
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Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park (1993), Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor’s interest, which backfires horribly.
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