The new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull film has managed to earn enough to to cover its $311 million budget. As Yahoo Finance reports Indiana Jones has hit the $311 million mark.

Paramount Pictures estimated the action sequel made $151.1 million in the U.S. and Canada from Thursday to the holiday Monday and $160 million overseas.

It marked the second biggest Memorial Day weekend opening ever, behind only “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” which made $153 million domestically from Thursday to Monday last year. Nearly a third of the domestic audience was made up of parents with their children, said Rob Moore, president of Paramount Worldwide Distribution.

The new Indiana Jones film is directed by Steven Spielberg and written by George Lucas. The first three Indiana movies raked in $1.2 billion worldwide.

Marketing costs were undisclosed, although the latest “Indiana Jones” received a major push from Paramount. DVDs of the first three movies were re-released, they aired on TV days before the opening and huge billboards sprung up.

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