RDI - Dino might: 'Jurassic World: Dominion' snatches box office from 'Top Gun'

As expected, Jurassic World: Dominion (NASDAQ:CMCSA) stomped and clawed its way to the box-office lead over the weekend, outpacing the high end of expectations with an opening of $143.4 million. That estimate fell just shy of the $148 million opening of the film's immediate predecessor, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. (The new film wraps up the second trilogy of a six-film franchise that dates to Jurassic Park in 1993.) It was enough to displace the two-week champion Top Gun: Maverick (NASDAQ:PARA) (NASDAQ:PARAA). Jurassic World: Dominion opened in the third-highest total theaters ever, 4,676, while Top Gun: Maverick had opened on a record number of screens two weeks ago. That's no ding on Paramount's fast-flying sequel, which is holding business in very strong fashion. Top Gun: Maverick made $50 million to land in second place - a truly impressive figure considering not only that it was the film's third weekend in theaters,

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Dino might: 'Jurassic World: Dominion' snatches box office from 'Top Gun'