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"Jurassic World" roars atop China's box office

Xinhua, June 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Dinosaur action flick "Jurassic World" romped to the top of China's box office charts in the week ending June 14, earning 614 million yuan (about 99 million U.S. dollars).

The fourth film in the "Jurassic Park" series, which stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, hit Chinese screens on June 10.

Disaster epic "San Andreas" took in 181 million yuan in the week to be a respectable No. 2, China Film News reported on Wednesday. Its total box office stood at 503 million yuan on June 14 after opening on June 2.

Japanese 3D animation "Stand by Me Doraemon" came in third, reaping 51.6 million yuan over the week. Centering on the friendship between futuristic cat robot Doraemon and a Japanese boy, the film has topped 507.6 million yuan since opening on May 28.

Fourth place went to Indian fantasy-comedy "PK", which pulled in 12.2 million yuan in the week. Its total ticket sales have hit 114.3 million yuan since its release on May 22.

Rounding out the top five was superhero sequel "Avengers: Age of Ultron," with 9.39 million yuan in ticket sales in the week. The total box office earnings for the action-fantasy film based on Marvel comic characters stood at 1.47 billion yuan on June 14 after opening on May 12. Endi