Dinosaur disaster movie Jurassic World has stomped its way to the top of the Irish box office, boasting the biggest opening of any film in 2015.

Superheroes continue to defeat their foes at the box-office, with Disney’s Thor: The Dark World earning €109m and dominating the weekend box office as it opened in the US over the weekend.

Heath Ledger’s death has boosted sales and interest in the late actor’s films.

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix took in more than £22m (€32m) in its first day, the best single-day gross ever for a movie on a Wednesday.

Disney has banned its film company subsidiary from distributing controversial director Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, which criticises President George Bush’s handling of the September 11 terrorist attacks and connects the Bush family with Osama bin Laden’s.