FILM-COMCAST/UNIVERSAL PICTURES Dinosaurs and fast cars spur Universal Pictures to world record box office

Record ID: 144448

  • Title: FILM-COMCAST/UNIVERSAL PICTURES Dinosaurs and fast cars spur Universal Pictures to world record box office
  • Date: 5th August 2015
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ACTOR CHRIS PRATT GREETING FANS PRATT, ACTOR BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD AND DIRECTOR COLIN TREVORROW POSING FOR PHOTOS FANS CHEERING PRATT POSING FOR PHOTOS
  • Embargoed: 20th August 2015 13:00
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  • Story Text: Universal Pictures made history on Wednesday (August 5), becoming the first movie studio to gross $5.53 billion worldwide in one year, setting an industry record.
    Led by the success of films such as "Jurassic World" and "Furious 7," Comcast Corp's Universal reached the milestone in seven months and beat the previous record of $5.52 billion worldwide, notched by 20th Century Fox in 2014.
    Earlier this year, the studio set records for becoming the fastest to reach $1 billion at the global box office with "Jurassic World," and $5 billion worldwide from its cumulative film releases.
    "Jurassic World," a reboot of Steven Spielberg's hit dinosaur action adventure franchise "Jurassic Park," scored the biggest opening weekend in history at both the domestic and worldwide box offices when it opened in June. A sequel is set for June 2018.
    Universal has so far had five films that have topped the North American box office this year; February's erotic "Fifty Shades of Grey," April's "Furious 7," May's a capella comedy "Pitch Perfect 2," June's "Jurassic World" and July's animated "Minions."
    In last month's earnings report, Comcast said revenue at the film studio rose 93 percent from a year earlier to $2.3 billion, bolstered by "Furious 7" and "Jurassic World."
    Upcoming Universal movies this year include M. Night Shyamalan's horror "The Visit," drama "Everest," Aaron Sorkin's "Steve Jobs" biopic and Guillermo Del Toro's gothic horror "Crimson Peak."
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