Jurassic World beat The Avengers for the biggest opening weekend ever coming in at $208.8 million, which was just enough to surpass the Assemblers debut of $207.4 million back in 2012.
Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige tweeted out the following image congratulating Steven Spielberg, Universal Studios, Legendary Entertainment, producer Frank Marshall, director Colin Trevorrow and Chris Pratt, who plays Star-Lord for Marvel in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Jurassic World is currently at almost $550 million worldwide and also holds the record for biggest June opening, best single day gross for Saturday and Sunday, best opening weekend in the Summer and is the first film to score $500 million in a weekend.
Congrats Mr. Spielberg @UniversalPics @Legendary @LeDoctor @colintrevorrow and especially @prattprattpratt pic.twitter.com/5DxlDM8pgK
— Kevin Feige (@Kevfeige) June 16, 2015