‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ set to take a bite out of July 4 weekend box office
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysAfter seven movies, the characters of the Jurassic film franchise somehow have yet to learn that perhaps nature — specifically dinosaurs — shouldn't be trifled with. Maybe it's because audiences keep rewarding them.
Jurassic World Rebirth, a soft reboot of the adventure series, is already stomping its way to a massive opening across the July 4 holiday. The movie, which stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey, gobbled up $28 million of opening-day grosses, on its way to a projected $127.5 million domestic haul over the five-day weekend.
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AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R15ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R25ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeThat number is only half of the story, as Rebirth is currently eying a global opening of more than $250 million.
The likely victory is far from unexpected, especially among Gold Derby readers, who predicted that outcome at a rate of 95.7 percent.
While impressive, that domestic figure is a step down from the previous Chris Pratt-led World trilogy, the smallest of which — Dominion — still managed to pull in $145 million across three days.
Without any other new wide releases out in theaters this weekend, Rebirth's main competition will be Brad Pitt and the second lap of last week's champion, F1: The Movie, which opened to an impressive $57 million. Industry eyes will also be on M3GAN 2.0 to see if the horror-to-action-comedy sequel will be able to turn things around after a disappointing $10 million opening.
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Jurassic World RebirthDirector: Gareth EdwardsThe potential for a new life-saving drug sends a team back to a dino-infested island to collect DNA samples from three large species of prehistoric beasts. The film, which runs two hours and 14 minutes, is rating PG-13. Jurassic World Rebirth is currently categorized as "rotten" with a Tomatometer score of 54 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The Metacritic score isn't much better at 52 with "mixed" reviews.
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