Jurassic World Dominion Box Office Predictions Point To Trilogy's Worst Start In The US
Jurassic World Dominion is in theaters now, and it's expected to put up big numbers. According to Deadline, the film is projected to have made $325 million or more worldwide when the weekend wraps up. That's a huge number, but in the US, the film is expected to have the lowest first-weekend box office results for the trilogy.
Dominion could make $125 million in the US and Canada and another $120 million from international markets this weekend alone, the predictions said. The movie released last weekend in 15 markets, including Korea and Mexico, and Dominion has already made $55.7 million from its early-release markets.
In the US, Dominion is expected to be the worst-performing of the three new Jurassic movies for its opening weekend, trailing Jurassic World ($208.8 million) and Fallen Kingdom ($148 million).
Dominion is the third movie in the trilogy that began with 2015's Jurassic World. Adding to its appeal (on paper at least) is that original Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum are all returning, appearing in a Jurassic film together for the first time since the original series.
Dominion was among the first of the big Hollywood productions to resume filming during the pandemic. Production company Universal reportedly distributed 40,000 COVID tests and spent as much as $8 million on protocols related to the virus. The behind-the-scenes drama was the inspiration for the Judd Apatow movie The Bubble.
GameSpot's Jurassic World: Dominion review scored the film a 5/10.
«Jurassic World: Dominion feels like a script for a generic disaster movie hammered awkwardly into the Jurassic franchise mold at the last minute,» reviewer Mason Downey said. «Where the other World movies may not have hung together
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