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‘Jurassic World’ Passes ‘Avengers’ for Biggest Opening Ever

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This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Bryce Dallas Howard, from left, as Claire, Chris Pratt as Owen, Nick Robinson as Zach, and Ty Simpkins as Gray, in a scene from the film, "Jurassic World," directed by Colin Trevorrow, in the next installment of Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking "Jurassic Park" series. The Universal Pictures 3D movie releases in theaters on June 12, 2015. (Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment via AP)

This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Bryce Dallas Howard, from left, as Claire, Chris Pratt as Owen, Nick Robinson as Zach, and Ty Simpkins as Gray, in a scene from the film, “Jurassic World,” directed by Colin Trevorrow, in the next installment of Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking “Jurassic Park” series. The Universal Pictures 3D movie releases in theaters on June 12, 2015. (Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment via AP)

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The dinosaurs are definitively back on top after “Jurassic World” had a Tyrannosaurus-rex-sized opening that proved even bigger than expected.

The film brought in $208.8 million in its first weekend in theaters, Universal Pictures said Monday. That’s the highest-grossing opening weekend of all time.

“Marvel’s The Avengers” had previously held the domestic opening weekend record. That film opened to $207.4 million in 2012.

Chris Pratt stars in the fourth installment of the popular “Jurassic” series, directed by Colin Trevorrow. Internationally, the film grossed a similarly mighty $315.3 million, bringing its international total to a record $524.1 million.

Last week’s top three movies, “Spy,” ”San Andreas” and “Insidious: Chapter 3,” each dropped a spot, to second, third and fourth place, respectively.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Rentrak:

1. “Jurassic World,” Universal, $208,806,270, 4,274 locations, $48,855 average, $208,806,270, 1 week.

2. “Spy,” 20th Century Fox, $15,613,686, 3,715 locations, $4,203 average, $56,550,930, 2 weeks.

3. “San Andreas,” Warner Bros., $10,812,387, 3,535 locations, $3,059 average, $119,123,301, 3 weeks.

4. “Insidious: Chapter 3,” Focus Features, $7,311,963, 3,014 locations, $2,426 average, $37,382,544, 2 weeks.

5. “Pitch Perfect 2,” Universal, $6,398,030, 2,677 locations, $2,390 average, $171,113,715, 5 weeks.

6. “Entourage,” Warner Bros., $4,186,984, 3,108 locations, $1,347 average, $25,717,456, 2 weeks.

7. “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Warner Bros., $4,065,967, 2,234 locations, $1,820 average, $138,543,794, 5 weeks.

8. “Avengers: Age Of Ultron,” Disney, $3,675,057, 2,156 locations, $1,705 average, $444,777,275, 7 weeks.

9. “Tomorrowland,” Disney, $3,492,475, 2,540 locations, $1,375 average, $83,682,888, 4 weeks.

10. “Love & Mercy,” Roadside Attractions, $1,672,325, 573 locations, $2,919 average, $4,680,936, 2 weeks.

11. “Aloha,” Sony, $994,396, 1,423 locations, $699 average, $18,994,519, 3 weeks.

12. “I’ll See You In My Dreams,” Bleecker Street, $809,391, 246 locations, $3,290 average, $2,959,561, 5 weeks.

13. “Home,” 20th Century Fox, $724,112, 584 locations, $1,240 average, $173,252,399, 12 weeks.

14. “Poltergeist,” 20th Century Fox, $689,247, 1,069 locations, $645 average, $46,118,192, 4 weeks.

15. “Furious 7,” Universal, $605,115, 357 locations, $1,695 average, $350,827,635, 11 week.

16. “Dil Dhadakne Do,” Eros Entertainment, $560,027, 238 locations, $2,353 average, $2,312,974, 2 weeks.

17. “Far From The Madding Crowd,” Fox Searchlight, $431,934, 366 locations, $1,180 average, $10,749,612, 7 weeks.

18. “Cinderella,” Disney, $261,863, 270 locations, $970 average, $199,280,075, 14 weeks.

19. “Ex Machina,” A24 Films, $205,970, 194 locations, $1,062 average, $24,698,885, 10 weeks.

20. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,” Sony, $203,336, 234 locations, $869 average, $68,806,665, 9 weeks.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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O.J. Simpson, 76, Dies of Prostate Cancer

Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson, who rose to fame as a college football player who went on to the NFL and parlayed his talents in acting and sportscasting, succumbed to prostate cancer on April 10, his family announced.

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 Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson, who rose to fame as a college football player who went on to the NFL and parlayed his talents in acting and sportscasting, succumbed to prostate cancer on April 10, his family announced.

Born and raised in San Francisco, the Galileo High School graduate was recruited by the University of Southern California after he was on a winning Junior College All-American team.

At USC, he gained wide acclaim as a running back leading to him becoming the No. 1 pick in the AFL-NFL draft in 1969 and joining the Buffalo Bills, where he had demanded – and received — the largest contract in professional sports history: $650,000 over five years. In 1978, the Bills traded Simpson to his hometown team, the San Francisco 49ers, retiring from the game in 1979.

Simpson’s acting career had begun before his pro football career with small parts in 1960s TV (“Dragnet”) before “Roots” and film (“The Klansman,” “The Towering Inferno,” Capricorn One”).

He was also a commentator for “Monday Night Football,” and “The NFL on NBC,” and in the mid-1970s Simpson’s good looks and amiability made him, according to People magazine, “the first b\Black athlete to become a bona fide lovable media superstar.”

The Hertz rent-a-car commercials raised his recognition factor while raising Hertz’s profit by than 50%, making him critical to the company’s bottom line.

It could be said that even more than his success as a football star, the commercials of his running through airports endeared him to the Black community at a time when it was still unusual for a Black person to represent a national, mainstream company.

He remained on Hertz team into the 1990s while also getting income endorsing Pioneer Chicken, Honey Baked Ham and Calistoga water company products and running O.J. Simpson Enterprises, which owned hotels and restaurants.

He married childhood sweetheart Marguerite Whitley when he was 19 and became the father of three children. Before he divorced in 1979, he met waitress and beauty queen Nicole Brown, who he would marry in 1985. A stormy relationship before, during and after their marriage ended, it would lead to a highway car chase as police sought to arrest Simpson for the murder by stabbing of Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.

The pursuit, arrest, and trial of Simpson were among the most widely publicized events in American history, Wikipedia reported.

Characterized as the “Trial of the Century,” he was acquitted by a jury in 1995 but found liable in the amount of $33 million in a civil action filed by the victims’ families three years later.

Simpson would be ensnared in the criminal justice system 12 years later when he was arrested after forcing his way into a Las Vegas hotel room to recover sports memorabilia he believed belonged to him.

In 2008, he received a sentence of 33 years and was paroled nine years later in 2017.

When his death was announced, Simpson’s accomplishments and downfalls were acknowledged.

Sports analyst Christine Brennan said: “… Even if you didn’t love football, you knew O.J. because of his ability to transcend sports and of course become the businessman and the pitchman that he was.

“And then the trial, and the civil trial, the civil case he lost, and the fall from grace that was extraordinary and well-deserved, absolutely self-induced, and a man that would never be seen the same again,” she added.

“OJ Simpson played an important role in exposing the racial divisions in America,” attorney Alan Dershowitz, an adviser on Simpson’s legal “dream team” told the Associated Press by telephone. “His trial also exposed police corruption among some officials in the Los Angeles Police Department. He will leave a mixed legacy. Great athlete. Many people think he was guilty. Some think he was innocent.”

“Cookie and I are praying for O.J. Simpson’s children … and his grandchildren following his passing. I know this is a difficult time,” Magic Johnson said on X.

“I feel that the system failed Nicole Brown Simpson and failed battered women everywhere,” attorney Gloria Allred, who once represented Nicole’s family, told ABC News. “I don’t mourn for O.J. Simpson. I do mourn for Nicole Brown Simpson and her family, and they should be remembered.”

Simpson was diagnosed with prostate cancer about a year ago and was undergoing chemotherapy treatment, according to Pro Football Hall of Fame President Jim Porter. He died in his Las Vegas, Nevada, home with his family at his side.

He is survived by four children: Arnelle and Jason from his first marriage and Sydney and Justin from his second marriage. He was predeceased son, Aaren, who drowned in a family swimming pool in 1979.

Sources for this report include Wikipedia, ABC News, Associated Press, and X.

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