The most recent picture in Universal’s Tyrannosaurus-sized franchise, “Jurassic World Dominion,” has surpassed $1 billion worldwide.
The film “Dominion” was among the slowest to earn $1 billion during its initial release since it took more than four months to get there. “Finding Dory,” “Zootopia,” and “Frozen” are some other movies that made $1 billion after playing on the big screen for three months or more.
Compared to “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” which required at least two decades and a couple of re-releases to join the club, that is comparatively rapid.
The domestic opening weekend of “Jurassic World Dominion” ($145 million) was the second-largest of the year, behind only “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($187 million). “Dominion” has made $376 million domestically and $624 million globally at the box office. In the pandemic era, just three films, including “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” broke the billion-dollar barrier. In contrast to those movies, “Dominion” had the benefit of being seen in China, where it made $158 million.
The third-highest earning film in North America this year, after “Top Gun: Maverick” ($709 million) and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($411 million), is “Jurassic World Dominion.” Mexico ($43 million), Japan ($42 million), the U.K. ($40 million), and France ($29 million) were the other top-grossing markets.
As sixth entries in decades-old franchises are inclined to do, “Dominion” failed to live up to its predecessors in box office ticket sales, even with a formidable $1 billion in the bank. The 2015 revival of the well-liked science fiction series “Jurassic World” brought in $1.6 billion at the box office, while the 2018 follow-up “Fallen Kingdom” brought in $1.3 billion. The several films in the franchise have made more than $6 billion in revenue overall, making “Jurassic” an industry leader.
Colin Trevorrow served as a director in the post-Isla Nublar world of “Dominion,” in which dinosaurs coexist peacefully with humans and hunt alongside them. The film brought together the lead actors of the “Jurassic Park” sequel trilogy, Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, with Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern from the first film.