Jurassic World is helping Comcast Corp.-owned Universal Pictures devour box-office records like a T. rex. The futuristic franchise reboot barreled to $1 billion in a record-setting 13 days this month and could surpass $1.5 billion before it fades to extinction on the big screen, movie-industry observers say. Though it's only June, the Hollywood studio says it already has set an all-time record for annual gross receipts - $3.8 billion through Monday, compared with $3.7 billion for all of 2013, the previous high. Other Universal movies slated for release just this summer: Ted 2 and Minions, Trainwreck and Straight Outta Compton. Phil Contrino, vice president and chief analyst for research firm...
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