The Universal sequel is expected to gross $ 142.6 million from 4,676 cinemas across North America over the weekend, marking the highest domestic opening for a non-superhero movie since the first COVID lockdowns were introduced. -19. That dethrones the $ 126 million benchmark set for the debut of “Top Gun: Maverick” just two weeks ago. After receiving $ 18 million in Thursday previews, Universal had predicted the sixth installment of the “Jurassic Park” franchise to win $ 132.5 million over the weekend. Returning to Steven Spielberg’s 1993 prototype, which was the largest box office ticket ever since its release, the “Jurassic Park” franchise has a historic legacy at the box office. The two previous films – “Jurassic World” in 2015 and the sequel “Fallen Kingdom” in 2018 – debuted at $ 208 million and $ 150 million, respectively. With a production cost of $ 185 million before the cost of marketing and distribution, the “Jurassic World Dominion” will need to continue its journey as a box office giant to see the green. “Jurassic World” director Colin Trevorrow returns to the franchise, following the thriller of the family-run suburban film “The Book of Henry”. “Dominion” unites the original stars Sam Neal, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern with the new protagonists of the new season Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard together with the newcomer to the series DeWanda Wise. “Dominion” was highly regarded by critics, with the film gaining 21% acceptance from top critics at Rotten Tomatoes. However, the audience seems to be more receptive, as is usually the case with the franchise. The dino sequel received an “A-” rating from CinemaScore, indicating strong responses from general ticket buyers. While this huge opening weekend is generally proving to be a critically acclaimed affair, it remains to be seen how the general will go word of mouth in the coming weeks. In a Variety review, lead film critic Peter Debruge leaned more politely than most of his peers, writing that “Dominion” comes closest to the sequels in rendering the formidable human-dinosaur threat to the Jurassic franchise. Although “Top Gun: Maverick” takes a bit from losing top-notch movies in “Dominion”, the Tom Cruise sequel is still flying steadily. The release of Paramount is expected to earn $ 50 million in the third weekend at the domestic box office, marking an impressive 44% drop compared to its second release. That number would put the film among the top ten highest-grossing weekends in the history of the domestic box office. With “Maverick” approaching $ 400 million, the film looks set to surpass “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” as the highest grossing release of the year at the domestic box office sometime next week. Speaking of “Doctor”, the Marvel superhero sequel looks set to win bronze in the domestic charts for the weekend, after earning an additional $ 1.3 million on Friday. Multiverse of Madness will have to add an additional $ 4.8 million over the weekend to expand its North American revenue to $ 397 million, approaching more than $ 400 million. Disney and 20th Century Studios’ “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” appears to be in fourth place, down 51% to $ 2.2 million. The animated release expanded its domestic revenue to more than $ 25 million on Friday. Although the film performed modestly at the box office, it has not broken in a way that shows it is reaching out to many viewers outside of the fan base of the long-running animated series. Universal’s “The Bad Guys” is expected to top the top five, expanding its gross domestic product to $ 91 million by Sunday. After opening at $ 24 million eight weeks ago, DreamWorks Animation’s production multiplied its debut by 3.8, taking advantage of the lack of family-friendly tickets at the box office. This series will be completed next week, with Disney opening Pixar “Lightyear” nationwide.
