Jurassic World passes $30m at Australian box office while Minions opens strongly

Miranda Ward

June 22, 2015 4:35

Dinosaurs and kids movies dominated the weekend box office with Jurassic World cracking the $30m in total local takings in just under two weeks.

The revival of the dinosaur series pulled in $9.87m across 604 screens over the weekend, easily trumping its closest rival kids movie Minions which made $5.874m in its opening weekend across 487 screens.

Fellow children’s movie Disney Pixar’s Inside Out, which stars the vocal talents of Amy Poehler and Mindy Kaling, making $3.583m across 468 screens.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.

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