Universal and Amblin’s Jurassic World Rebirth is coming in ahead of expectations at the Fourth of July box office to hatch a new era for the Steven Spielberg-created franchise.
To boot, the latest Jurassic World pic has received decidedly mixed reviews from both critics and audiences alike.
Jurassic World Rebirth, the seventh title in the series, is roaring even louder overseas, where its estimated opening is $171.3 million.
The first three Jurassic World pics all grossed north of $1 billion globally, and all opened higher than Rebirth domestically (comparisons are complicated by the fact that they were all there-day openings).
In 2015, Jurassic World opened to a franchise-best $208.8 million, followed by $148 million for 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and $145 million for 2022’s Jurassic World: Dominion, not adjusted for inflation.
The dinosaurs are more energetic now.
With its performance at the Fourth of July box office, Universal and Amblin’s Jurassic World Rebirth is setting the stage for a new era for the Steven Spielberg-created franchise. According to Saturday’s estimates, the holiday tentpole is expected to open domestically for $141.02 million over five days, including $85.04 million for the three-day weekend.
The three-day gross would be the fourth-highest domestic opening of 2025 to date, and it would be the fifth-best holiday showing ever. Given that July 4 fell on a Friday this year, many moviegoers were preoccupied with holiday activities on what is typically a crucial day for new releases, so that’s no small accomplishment. Furthermore, both critics and viewers have given the most recent Jurassic World movie distinctly differing opinions. However, it is impossible to downplay the impact of the Jurassic brand or the spectacle of watching dinosaurs come to life on a large screen.
The seventh installment in the series, Jurassic World Rebirth, is making an even bigger splash abroad, with an estimated $171.03 million at launch.
With a global premiere of $312,5 million, the movie is currently the second-best opening of the year and the second-best in the franchise, behind A Minecraft Movie.
Prior to the holiday, the film was aiming for a domestic opening of between $100 and $120 million and a worldwide opening of $260 million. In order to capitalize on the extended holiday weekend, it opened on Wednesday, July 2.
Following Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World trilogy’s conclusion, Spielberg, Amblin, and Universal decided to start over and hired Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) to helm Rebirth, which was based on a script by David Koepp, the original screenwriter of Jurassic Park.
The film’s all-new cast is led by Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali, and Scarlett Johansson. A shipwrecked family is discovered along the way as the extraction team races to an island research facility that was a factor in the original Jurassic Park. The worst of the worst creatures that were abandoned now live on the island.
Additionally starring are David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Luna Blaise, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Rupert Friend. Longtime franchise stewards Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley are among the producers, while Spielberg and Denis Stewart serve as executive producers.
In addition to grossing over $1 billion worldwide, the first three Jurassic World films all had higher domestic openings than Rebirth (though comparisons are difficult because they were all there-day openings). At the same time, the most recent movie only cost $180 million to make before it was marketed. Not accounting for inflation, Jurassic World debuted to a franchise-high $2080.8 million in 2015, followed by Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in 2018 with $148 million and Jurassic World: Dominion in 2022 with $145 million.
Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park opened to $47 million domestically in early June 1993, not including inflation, which was a significant amount at the time.
Brad Pitt’s F1: The Movie, which is currently in its second weekend after opening to $57 million domestically—a fantastic amount for a racing movie about Formula One—is also causing a stir at the box office.
courtesy of Warner Bros. and Apple Original Films. Having already cleared $200 million worldwide, Formula One is safely parked in second place domestically with an estimated $25 million to $26 million for the three days as it crosses the $100 million mark domestically.
It is anticipated that Sony’s 28 Years Later, Pixar and Disney’s Elio, and Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon will complete the top five domestically. In its second weekend, the doomed M3GAN 2.0 from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster may drop as much as 68 percent, placing it seventh behind Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.
Sunday morning, the numbers will be updated.
