Box Office: 'Inside Out' and 'Jurassic' Rule Over 'Terminator' and 'Magic Mike XXL'

Leftovers were the dish of choice at the Fourth of July box office picnic.

Firework heroes Inside Out and Jurassic World beat new entries Terminator: Genisys and Magic Mike XXL to all but tie for the Fourth of July weekend crown in their third and fourth weekends, respectively.

Universal is putting Jurassic World’s weekend estimate at $30.9 million for a T. Rex-like domestic total of $558.2 million — the fourth-best showing of all time in North America and eclipsing The Dark Night ($534.9 million). Disney has Inside Out earning $30.1 million for a domestic cume of $246.2 million. Rival studios have both films earning closer to $30.5 million, meaning the final race won’t be called until Monday morning.

Either way, the duo trounced the new two entires, both of which opened Wednesday and did notably less businses than expected.

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Terminator: Genisys — which never expected Jurassic World to still be so strong — placed No. 3 an estimated weekend gross in the $27 million-$28 million range for a five debut debut of $43 million, a poor start that threatens the revival of the storied franchise.

Coming in No. 4 was Magic Mike XXL with a $12 million weekend and five-day debut of $27.1 million, compared to the $39.1 million opening of the first Magic Mike.

Genisys clearly has far more at stake, considering its $155 million production budget. Paramount and David Ellison’s Skydance partnered on the film, which had hoped to at least hit $55 million in its North American launch. Instead, it has been hampered by poor reviews and a B+ CinemaScore.

The movie will need to do sizeable business overseas, where it is playing in 60 foreign markets this weekend (numbers weren’t immediately available).

Alan Taylor directed Genisys, with Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as Terminator. He stars opposite Emilia Clarke, who plays John Connor’s mother, Sarah, and Jason Clarke, who plays John Connor. Jai Courtney and J.K. Simmons co-star. This time out, John Connor sends Kyle Reese (Courtney) back in time to protect his mother, but things soon go awry.

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Warner Bros.’ Magic Mike XXL had hoped to clear $40 million-$55 million for the five days. The sequel had won Wednesday, thanks to female fans rushing out to see the movie, but fell fast after that.

Magic Mike XXL, the follow-up to Steven Soderbergh’s sleeper hit, played almost entirely female, or a virtually unprecedented 96 percent. The movie fared okay with critics and even better with moviegoers, who gave it an A- CinemaScore.

The sequel was made this time without Matthew McConaughey, who played an undeniable role in turning Magic Mike into a sleeper hit in summer 2012. But Channing Tatum, himself a popular star and whose early career as a male stripper inspired the film series, did return, alongside Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello. Gregory Jacobs directed.

Rounding out the top five was Ted 2, another R-rated comedy sequel that has underwhelmed since debuting last weekend. The film tumbled a steep 67 percent to $11 million for a domestic total of $58.3 million.

Making headlines at the specialty office was BAFTA-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy, chronicling the life and death of British singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse. The indie film, opening in six theaters in New York and Los Angeles, opened to $222,015 for a location average of $37,002, one of the top averages of all time for a documentary.

A24 films, which is handling Amy in the U.S., will expand the film nationwide next weekend.

Watch our interview with ‘Inside Out’ star Richard Kind below: