Universal’s reboot of Jurassic World — Jurassic World Rebirth starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey– is shaping up for a $115M-$135M 5-day opening according to three-weekend tracking this morning.
This is the second Jurassic movie to open on a Wednesday in Universal’s history after 2001’s Jurassic Park III which did $85M over its first Wednesday to Sunday.
Jurassic World: Rebirth is hot across the board with men and women in unaided and first choice, however, in the latter, men under 25 are a bit stronger followed by women under 25. Numbers are slightly behind that of 2022’s Jurassic World: Dominion which opened to $145M, but note it’s still early in the campaign. There’s no denying that Rebirth could be massive. Dominion, which was shot during Covid, finaled at $376.8M domestic, $1 billion worldwide.
Jurassic: Rebirth marks the return of writer David Koepp who adapted the original Michael Crichton novel. Godzilla and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards helms. The pic takes place five years after Jurassic World: Dominion as an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.
Among Jurassic Worlds, the 2015 reboot from Colin Trevorrow owns the best in franchise at $208.8M. That’s also the 7th best opening of all-time at the domestic box office and Universal’s best ever. 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opened to $148M. At $1.67 billion, Jurassic World is the highest grossing in the entire Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall produced franchise.
The Jurassic World franchise has minted $6 billion for Universal across six movies, among other monies from merchandising, etc.
Jurassic World: Rebirth is opening in the wake of Universal/Blumhouse’s M3GAN 2.0, and Apple Original Films/Warner Bros’ F1 which are both eyeing $30M+ starts at the box office when they open June 27.