Jurassic World 3: Chris Pratt and his dinosaurs invade the US box office

Jurassic World: The World Afterthe latest installment of the dinosaur saga, has just landed in the United States to break the box office.

While movie attendance is just beginning to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, releases in mid-2022 are giving exhibitors a bit of a boost. quote doctor strange 2 who is not far from reaching the billion mark at the worldwide box office and Top Gun: Maverick which will soon exceed 400 million billing in the United States.

And to complete this panel of great blockbusters, the third part of the dinosaur saga, a total flop Jurassic World: The World After, reaches theaters around the world. Best start of 2022 in France (338,399 admissions, including 121,488 previews), the film hit the big screens in the United States this Friday and is likely to devour the competition.

With nearly 60 million dollars raised this Friday in the United States, Jurassic World: The World After, is expected to reach 142 million revenues in its first weekend of operation. Is about the worst score of the trilogybehind jurassic world (208 million) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (148 million), but remember that we are coming out of a pandemic period that is still stifling the theatrical success of many movies, including blockbusters.

Secondly, the world after is the second-best start to 2022 in the United States, and the third-best since the start of the pandemic, ahead of the batman (134 million) and Top Gun: Maverick (126 million), but not very far Doctor strange in the multiverse of madness (187 million) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (260 million). A hot start that, however, sets nothing in stone.

It shows the new top gun with Tom Cruise, who had a less good start than the return of doctor strange on the big screen, but who will still manage to score better than him while holding up admirably throughout the duration.

Objective: go faster than Tom Cruise’s plane

However, internationally the world after grossed $135 million on the Friday of its release and is expected to rack up $244 million on Sunday night. In total, the giga blockbuster directed by Colin Trevorrow expected to reach $386 million worldwide, since its first weekend of operation. Note that unlike doctor strange 2 (and most of the latest Disney movies), jurassic world 3 It has a Chinese version.

The film amassed just under $15 million there on Friday, the biggest launch of a film exported to China in 2022, and the third since the start of the pandemic. According to estimates and despite the fact that approximately 20% of cinemas closed in the territory (especially in Shanghai), Jurassic World: The World After reportedly raised more than $21 million on Saturday, and it is expected to top 50 million by the end of the weekend.

When you crush the world box office

Remember that the first jurassic world Y fallen kingdom they had respectively raised $228 million and $261 million at the end of their exploitation in China when they were released. To say that the territory is a juicy market for Universal Sounds like a mild understatement then. Let’s see how Colin Trevorrow’s feature film will hold up in the long run, but there is no doubt that it will be among the most successful of 2022.