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"Jurassic World," which rebooted Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic
Park" dinosaur franchise in June, has become the third
highest-grossing film in history, behind only James Cameron's
"Titanic" and "Avatar."
The sequel will see the film's leads Chris Pratt and Bryce
Dallas Howard return, along with Spielberg as executive producer
and "Jurassic World" director Colin Trevorrow penning the
script. An official title for the sequel and the director have
yet to be announced.
"Jurassic World," co-produced with Legendary Pictures, exceeded
early expectations to achieve the largest opening weekend in
movie history with $524.1 million at the global box office.
The film added to an already stellar year for Universal
Pictures, which became the fastest studio to hit $2 billion at
the box office in a calendar year last month, buoyed by the
success of February's "Fifty Shades of Grey," April's "Furious
7" and May's "Pitch Perfect 2."
In its earnings report on Thursday, 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."
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Mary Milliken, Lisa Von
Ahn and Marguerita Choy)
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