The dinosaurs are back, and so are the big box office numbers. Jurassic World Rebirth, the seventh film in the iconic franchise, is making a thunderous start by opening mid-week in North America to capitalize on the extended Fourth of July holiday stretch.
The blockbuster roared to an estimated $28 million on its first day — ranking among the top 20 Wednesday openings of all time — and is on track for a massive five-day domestic debut of around $127.5 million, according to early figures.
Simultaneously, the summer spectacle is unspooling across international markets, pushing its projected worldwide opening past the $250 million mark. The film officially launched in North America on Wednesday, July 2, positioning itself to dominate the lucrative holiday corridor and reaffirm the enduring global appeal of the dinosaur saga.
The seventh installment in the action-adventure franchise, from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Productions and Universal, features an all new cast anchored by Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story filmmaker Gareth Edwards directs from a script by original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp. The story follows an extraction team who race to an island research facility that factored into the original Jurassic Park (along the way, they discover a shipwrecked family). Now, the island is inhabited by the worst of the worst creatures that were left behind.
Rebirth also stars Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono and Audrina Miranda. Producers include longtime franchise stewards Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, with Spielberg and Denis Stewart exec producing.
The first three Jurassic World pics, which made up their own trilogy, all grossed north of $1 billion globally, and all opened higher than Rebirth domestically. At the same time, the latest film cost less to produce, or $225 million before marketing. 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. (All grosses rep three-day openings.)
The first Jurassic Park, directed by Spielberg, opened to $47 million domestically in early June of 1993, not adjusted for inflation — a huge sum at the time.
