The Second Quarter of the year is always a crucial one for Hollywood because some of the strongest films open. If they miss, it often has a disastrous impact. Luckily, that’s not the case this year.

　　對好萊塢而言每年第二季度都至關重要，因為一些電影力作會登場。如果他們差強人意，那往往會帶來災難性的影響。幸運的是，今年沒出現這種情況。

　　A major component to the record performance came early on when Furious 7 shattered pre-summer records with a $147.2 million opening weekend on its way to a stellar $351 million lifetime gross in North America, easily becoming the biggest hit of the franchise to date and serving as an emotional and wildly successful cinematic send-off to the late Paul Walker.

　　創紀錄表現的一大元素早先已經發生：《速度與激情7》于北美首映周打破暑期檔前期的1.472億美元，此后再接再厲于上映期間收獲優異的3.51億美元票房，輕而易舉成為至今該系列最強勢的作品，并以其成功深情而隆重地緬懷已故的保羅·沃克。

　　The box office hits kept coming from there. Kicking off summer, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron scored the(at the time) second best debut in history with $191.3million to kick off May.

　　票房轟炸持續發酵。夏季開啟，漫威的《復仇者聯盟：奧創紀元》（當時）以1.913億美元史上第二高的首映票房揭開5月序幕。

　　A little over one month later, of course, Universal’s JurassicWorld sneaked past the first Avengers’ $207.4 million opening title in 2012 with a (still stunning) $208.8 million mid-June launch. The Chris Pratt-led mega blockbuster from director Colin Trevorrow has continued to impress ever since, setting more records than one can easily count. The film has remained at a pace ahead of 2012s Avengers and has a fair chance to become only the second movie in history (after Avatar) to crack $650million in North America alone.

　　當然，一個月剛過一點，環球影業的《侏羅紀世界》于6月中上映以2.088億美元悄然趕超了《復仇者聯盟》于2012年首映的2.074億美元票房成績。克里斯·帕拉特領銜、由科林·特萊沃若執導的重磅大片至今經久不衰，創下多不勝數的紀錄。這部電影保持著領先于2012年《復仇者聯盟》的速度，很有機會成為北美史上（繼《阿凡達》后）僅有的第二部打破6.5億美元票房的電影。

　　Other notable hits included Pixar’s return with Inside Out, besting Avatar as the best opener in history by an “original” (non-sequel/non-adaptation) film with $90.4 million last month. Strong word of mouth has further propelled the film over the last few weeks.

　　其他值得注意的熱片包括皮克斯《頭腦特工隊》的回歸，上月收獲9040萬美元擊敗了《阿凡達》成為史上最佳開畫片的原創（非續集/非改編）電影。強勁的口碑在過去幾周里讓電影水漲船高。

　　Meanwhile, Pitch Perfect 2 has blown past expectations since its $69.2 million opening in May as its gone on to earn over $182 million stateside—plus the official announcement of a third entry in the series to come in 2017. Its opening weekend went head-to-head with Warner Bros.’Mad Max: Fury Road, another film that leaped beyond most expectations when it bowed to $45.4 million and has since displayed excellent legs for a franchise revival that’s transcended its core fanbase to soak up seemingly endless critical and commercial buzz.

　　同時，《完美音調2》自5月開畫起以6920萬美元引爆期待，并乘勝追擊在北美本土收獲超過1.82億美元——而且官方宣布該系列第三部將于2017年上映。該片首映周與華納兄弟的《瘋狂的麥克斯：狂暴之路》正面交鋒，后者首映收獲4540萬美元，也是一部超越大多數預期的電影，并展現出成為系列重啟的很好希望，超越了其核心粉絲群吸引著貌似無盡的專業與商業化議論。

　　WB also had a great showing from the Dwayne Johnson disaster flick, San Andreas—another surprise boxoffice performer with more than $143 million earned domestically through the end of June.

　　華納兄弟來自道恩·強森的災難片《末日崩塌》的票房收獲同樣頗豐——貫穿6月末國內票房超過1.43億美元，票房業績的另一個驚喜。

　　Looking at summer alone (May 1–June 30), the halfway point of the industry’s most lucrative season claimed $2.31 billion—the second-highest total ever, just over 3 percent behind 2013’s $2.39 billion. Estimated ticket sales (based on dividing grosses by average ticket prices)so far give this summer the second-highest attendance(behind 2013 again) since 2004. This summer is up more than 12 percent from the same point in 2014.

　　縱觀這個夏季（5月1日—6月30日），行業最賺錢的檔期的中途收獲了23.1億美元——史上第二高總額，僅比2013年的23.9億美元落后3%。估計門票銷售（基于票房除以平均票價）目前為止讓今年夏季達到了自2004年起第二高的上座率（再次落后于2013年）。今年夏季比2014年同期增長了12%以上。

　　2015’s April-May-June time frame didn’t just set a record gross-wise; it also achieved the best estimated attendance of any second quarter since 2004.

　　2015年4、5、6月時間段不僅創下總票房紀錄，也實現了自2004年起第二季度最佳的預計上座率。

　　Year-to-date, 2015 stood at nearly $5.56 billion through June 30. That’s a record pace at the year’s halfway mark, eclipsing 2012’s $5.39 billion at the same point. Compared to 2014, this year is up nearly 6.5 percent.

　　年初至今，2015年至6月30日收獲接近55.6億美元。對年中大關而言是創紀錄的速度，超越了2012年同期的53.9億美元。相比2014年，今年上漲了近6.5%。

　　The story of three massive opening weekends in such a short time span is symbolic of the many records that have fallen so far this year. Between Furious7, Avengers: Age ofUltron, and JurassicWorld, that trio represented the first three films to ever debut north of $145 million within 10 weekends of each other. The closest that had evercome to happening before was in 2012: The HungerGames, Marvel’s The Avengers, and The Dark KnightRises all posted $152.5 million-or-higher opening weekends, but were separated by 17 weekends.

　　如此短的時間間隔內三個熱銷首映周的故事象征著迄今為止許多紀錄已經作古。《速度與激情7》、《復仇者聯盟：奧創紀元》與《侏羅紀世界》的組合代表有史以來連續三部電影北美首映首次在10個周末內便都超越1.45億美元。曾經發生過最接近的情況是2012年《饑餓游戲》、漫威的《復仇者聯盟》與《蝙蝠俠：黑暗騎士崛起》均于首映周賺得1.525億美元甚或更高，但三者時隔17周。

　　Here are the strongest titles for the period of April 1through June 30.

　　以下是4月1日至6月30日期間最強勁的作品。

　　1.Jurassic World ($514.4 million; 19 days of play)

　　侏羅紀世界（5.144億美元；公映19日）

　　2. Avengers: Age of Ultron ($453.0 million; 61 days)

　　復仇者聯盟：奧創紀元（4.53億美元；公映61日）

　　3.Furious 7 ($351.0 million; 77 days)

　　速度與激情7（3.51億美元；公映77日）

　　4.Inside Out ($200.8 million; 12 days)

　　頭腦特工隊（2.008億美元；公映12天）

　　5.Pitch Perfect 2 ($181.5 million; 47 days)

　　完美音調2（1.815億美元；公映47日）

　　6.Mad Max: Fury Road ($147.6 million; 47 days)

　　瘋狂的麥克斯：狂暴之路（1.476億美元；公映47日）

　　7.San Andreas ($143.3 million; 33 days)

　　末日崩塌（1.433億美元；公映33日）

　　8.Spy ($90.5 million; 26 days)

　　女間諜（9050萬美元；公映26日）

　　9.Tomorrowland ($90.5 million; 40 days)

　　明日世界（9050萬美元；公映40日）

　　10.Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 ($70.0 million;75 days)

　　百貨戰警2（7000萬美元；公映75日）