Jurassic World stomps to $1bn faster than any other film in history

Colin Trevorrow's dinosaur movie stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard

Jurassic World, the sequel to 1993's Jurassic Park, has stormed into the global record books (ILM/Universal Pictures/Amblin Entert)

Dinosaur sequel Jurassic World has stomped past the $1 billion mark at the global box office faster than any other movie in history.

Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic Park follow-up stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as theme park workers battling to contain the giant Indominus Rex when it escapes from captivity.

The much-hyped blockbuster broke the record for the highest opening ever when it grossed $155 million worldwide on its debut weekend, before becoming only the second film ever to cross the $100 million mark in two separate weekends.

It has taken another two records as well - for biggest domestic weekend with $106.6 million and fastest film to reach $400 million domestically (just 10 days).

Jurassic World reached $1bn after 13 days in cinemas, beating previous record-holder Furious 7 who did so after 17 days earlier this year. Clearly action-packed nostalgia movies hold the key to mammoth box office success.

It remains to be seen whether hotly-awaited release Star Wars: The Force Awakens will beat Jurassic World in December to be named the highest-grossing movie of 2015, or whether the dinosaur sequel will beat Avatar and Titanic to the all-time title.

Another expected hit, Minions, opened to $12.3m last weekend while new Pixar film Inside Out got off to a first rate start with a huge $132.1m.

Animated comedy Inside Out scored the biggest debut for an original Pixar movie in the US with $91m - the second highest opening for any Pixar ever behind Toy Story 3 in 2010.