Move over Maverick, the dinosaurs have arrived to claim their throne.
“Jurassic World: Dominion” took a mighty bite out of the box office with
“We couldn’t be happier,” said
The hefty haul is yet another sign that the box office is continuing to rebound this summer. With the blockbuster successes of films like “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and now “Jurassic World 3,” audiences are coming back to movie theaters more consistently.
The film, which had a reported
Critics were not kind to the dino extravaganza, but audiences seem to be enjoying themselves based on exit polls. Moviegoers gave it an A- CinemaScore and an 81% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, suggesting that word of mouth will be strong in the coming weeks.
“You want to see dinosaurs on the big screen, it doesn’t matter what critics thought,” said
And many moviegoers did opt for the biggest screens possible. Globally, IMAX showings of “Jurassic World: Dominion” represented
“The appetite for the colossal creatures in this franchise is still voracious, and the way audiences want to experience this movie is in 3D,” said
Both “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jurassic World: Dominion” are an important caveat for an industry that continues to learn new lessons about pandemic-era moviegoing every week. Although both films are legacy sequels, neither are of the superhero variety, which, for a long time, had seemed like the only pandemic-proof genre.
“Top Gun: Maverick” is still coasting in rarefied skies too: It fell only 44% in its third weekend with an estimated
This weekend is only the third of the pandemic era in which the total domestic box office surpassed
“Pretty much all the big blockbuster weekends that we’ve had over the pandemic have been dominated by one movie,” Dergarabedian said. “In this case, we have two big blockbusters in theaters at once. This is the recipe for success that theater owners have been waiting for over the course of the pandemic. It’s an important milestone.”
“Dominion,” a co-production of
The filmmakers have said “Dominion” is intended to be the last of the “Jurassic World” films, which have been enormously profitable with over
“Jurassic World 3” should continue performing throughout the summer, Orr said.
“This is a tremendous start to our summer,” Orr said.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at
1. “Jurassic World: Dominion,”
2. “Top Gun: Maverick,”
3. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,”
4. “The Bob’s Burgers Movie,”
5. “The Bad Guys,”
6. “Downton Abbey: A New Era,”
7. “Everything Everywhere All At Once,”
8. “Firestarter,”
9. “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,”
10. “Ante Sundaraniki,”
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