China News Agency, Los Angeles, June 19 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) This past weekend, "Jurassic World: Dominion" narrowly beat "Lightyear" (Lightyear), ranking in the North American box office rankings Championship.

　　The North American box office statistics website boxofficemojo.com released the latest film market data on June 19, and 26 films in the North American weekend box office (June 17 to 19) reported about 163 million US dollars.

This is the first time since January 2020 that the North American weekend box office has held above $100 million for four consecutive weekends.

　　The sci-fi adventure action film "Jurassic World: Reign" held its No. 1 spot on the North American weekend box office chart with about $58.66 million, despite a 59.6% month-on-month drop in box office on its second release weekend.

The finale in the "Jurassic World" movie trilogy has so far grossed about $250 million in North America.

In addition to overseas markets, the film currently has a global box office of more than 622 million US dollars, with an increase of more than 200 million in a week.

However, the film's reputation has not improved significantly. Major film review websites rated it as MTC score slightly increased from 37 on the opening weekend to 38, and its freshness on Rotten Tomatoes is still only 30%.

　　Pixar Animation Studios' latest sci-fi cartoon "Light Years", which debuted on June 17, earned about $51 million at the North American box office on its opening weekend, trailing behind "Jurassic World: Domination" by a small margin and on the Second place in the latest North American weekend box office charts.

　　"Light Years" is a spinoff film from the fantasy-adventure animated series "Toy Story."

The series of cartoons has been enduring for 27 years, and the global box office has climbed from about 245 million US dollars for the first film in 1995 to about 1.073 billion US dollars for the fourth film in 2019.

　　The latest "Lightyears" has a good lineup, and director Angus McLean previously directed the series' acclaimed short film "Toy Story of Terror" to star in "Captain America" The famous Chris Evans has the voice.

At present, the major film review websites have rated it as 61 on MTC and 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Some commentators said that although the story is simple and the sci-fi imagination lacks novelty, the powerful audio-visual effects and emotional appeal make it a good space adventure film.

　　Under the impact of "Light Years", the action drama "Top Gun 2: The Lone Ranger" retreated to No. 3 in the North American weekend box office rankings with a box office of about US$44 million, a month-on-month decrease of 15.1%. $466 million, or about $885 million at the global box office.

Marvel's fantasy adventure film "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" dropped to No. 4 on the current list with a weekend box office of about $4.2 million, down 19.5% month-on-month. It also exceeded US$400 million, and the global box office exceeded US$942 million.

　　In addition, another new film "Brian and Charles", which was released on the same day as "Light Years," also rushed into this round of North America with about $198,000 in its opening weekend despite having a small number of theaters. Top ten at the box office.

This British comedy about a lonely man and the robot he made was nominated for the Jury Prize in the World Film category at the 38th Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

At present, the major film review websites have rated it as 62 on MTC and 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.

　　In a new week, the musical biopic drama "Elvis" opens on June 24.

The film, starring Tom Hanks, who won two Oscars for Best Actor, and Austin Butler, the Hollywood "post-90s" idol star, premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in May this year as an out-of-competition film.

The horror film "The Black Phone," based on the short story of the same name by American thriller novelist Joe Hill, will also be released on the same day.

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