Lightyear Falls Back To Earth, Losing Box Office Weekend To Jurassic World Dominion

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Disney and Pixar's newest animated feature film, Lightyear, put forth a respectable effort over its three-day weekend debut but struggled to maintain its trajectory to beat out the previous weekend's top-performing project. As a result, the animated film finished second at the domestic box office, falling slightly short of Universal/Amblin's Jurassic World Dominion.

Pixar'sLightyear, starring Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, and Taika Waititi, centered around the emblematic figure Buzz Lightyear and his committed attempt to return home after being stranded for years on an unknown planet. Unfortunately, Lightyear's desire to complete the mission leads to life-altering changes, placing him in the path of an army of ruthless robots, commanded by the nefarious Zurg, who is attempting to steal the Space Ranger's fuel source for his own distasteful agenda.

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Per Deadline, theToy Story spin-off performed incredibly well on Friday, taking home $20.7 million to beat out the $15.7 million accumulated by Jurassic World Dominion. The weekend, however, proved to be a dramatically different story for both highly-anticipated films. Lightyear generated $16.3 million on Saturday, losing to the dinosaur-driven journey, which earned $21.98 million. Sunday followed a similar path, resulting in a second straight domestic box office win for the Universal/Amblin film, which generated $58.66 million, holding off the $51 million earned by Disney/Pixar's new offering.

Lightyear, however, has received more favorable reviews when comparing the two films, earning a 76% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and an 86% rating from audiences. Jurassic World Dominion earned a disappointing 30%