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The movie Jurassic World has [breaking / broken] box office records around the world. It is the first movie ever to [make / rake] more than $500 million at movie theatres on its [opener / opening] weekend. Ticket sales in the US were $204 million. In China, they were $100 million [and / plus] in the UK they were $30 million. A senior media [analysis / analyst] said about the box office record: "No one saw this [coming / going] ." However, the film didn't [beat / best] the record for the most successful opening weekend movie in the United States. That record is still [hold / held] by The Avengers, which took $207 million back in 2012. The [successful / success] of Jurassic World surprised many movie industry experts. They [expected / expectation] the film to make just $100 million in the USA.

Jurassic World is the fourth [installing / installment] in the Jurassic Park [series / serious] . The first was Jurassic Park in 1993, which more than $1 billion globally. The latest movie was the [mostly / most] popular film of the weekend in all 66 countries where it was released. There are many reasons why the film [made / did] so well on its opening weekend. [One / Once] reason is the [fact / factual] than many parents who watched the first Jurassic Park when they were children took their own [kid / kids] along to see Jurassic World. Another [reasoning / reason] is because the movie opened on the same weekend in China as it did in the US. It is [unusually / unusual] for any movie to be released at the same time in the two countries. China is the world's second [bigger / biggest] film market.

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