`Jurassic Park II' beats the records

LOS ANGELES - Box-office sales of Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park broke all four-day weekend records, hauling…

LOS ANGELES - Box-office sales of Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park broke all four-day weekend records, hauling in at least $90.1 million, according to industry reports yesterday.

The movie opened in 6,000 theatres over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, with ticket sales sailing past the previous $56.8 million four-day record set by Mission Impossible.

Spielberg's 1993 Jurassic Park remains the top global grossing movie with $913.1 million in receipts.

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