'Star Wars,' 'Jurassic World' propel US box office to record year

Blockbusters featured dinosaurs, stranded astronauts and the Force propelled the U.S. box office to its biggest year in history.

As of yesterday, the 2015 domestic box office total crossed the $11 billion mark for the first time, according to measurement company Rentrak.

The previous record was $10.9 billion in 2013.

The largest contributor was Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Others were Universal's "Jurassic World" and 20th Century Fox's "The Martian."

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