Pixar and Disney’s Lightyear are in a surprise close race for the top spot at the Father’s Day and Juneteenth holiday box office, thanks to holdover Jurassic World Dominion.
Jurassic World Dominion, a Universal and Amblin production, is expected to make $57 million in its second outing.
Lightyear was expected to debut in North America with a budget of at least $70 million to $85 million, but it currently looks that the animated family film would only make $52 million to $55 million over the three-day weekend.
Jurassic World 3’s domestic total might reach $66 million in four days, according to Universal sources.
Because Monday is a federal holiday commemorating Juneteenth, box office traffic may be similar to that of Saturday and Sunday.
It received an A- CinemaScore from the audience. Once the weekend is through, there will be plenty of Monday quarterbacking about what went wrong.
Lightyear may reach $60 million by Monday, but Pixar’s Toy Story spinoff’s start has been a massive letdown.
On Saturday and Sunday, Jurassic World Dominion, which made $15.7 million, overtook the Pixar crown, according to several models.
The animated picture now has an 80 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, which is on the lower end for a Pixar release, especially in the Toy Story franchise.
Dominion, which has surpassed $500 million in worldwide sales, is expected to close the weekend with a domestic total of $257 million.