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It was a weekend for fireworks and dinosaurs.

Jurassic World Rebirth opened with a monster $322 million worldwide, showing there's still power in this franchise after 30 years. And while F1 took a rough drop in the domestic market, it's still a hit overseas, as the film is nearing $300 million worldwide and officially became Apple's highest grossing film ever.

The Top 10 earned a combined $152 million this weekend. That's 0.2% up from last year, when Despicable Me 4 debuted atop.

Debuting at #1, Jurassic World Rebirth debuted with $92 million in 4,308 theaters. Adding in its numbers from Wednesday and Thurday, the film earned an incredible $147.8 million. This is hard to compare with the previous Jurassic World films, as all films opened on Friday. So just for reference; Fallen Kingdom earned $148 million on its first 3 days, and Dominion made $145 million.

What does this debut suggest? What everyone always knew: people love dinosaurs. And that has always been the franchise's biggest advantage. There are no other dino franchises currently, which has allowed Universal to cater to an audience that wants to see these monsters in the big screen. There's a lot of franchises that have experienced fatigue, but the Jurassic clearly is still beloved 32 years later after its debut in theaters.

The film had a very rushed production; it was officially announced in January 2024, although a script was written for quite some time. Gareth Edwards was hired one month later, when the current release date was already set. So basically the film was reported, filmed and released in the span of just 18 months. That's very short for a blockbuster. But then again, audiences don't pay much attention to productions. What they care for is if the film looks interesting or catches their interest, and Universal achieved it. They sold it as a "back to basics" film, choosing to just abandon all characters from the prior films and focus on new characters, played by Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey. Turns it out all worked out.

According to Universal, 61% of the audience was male. The films are popular with families, although Rebirth starts to point that it's losing some young audience members. Only 36% of the audience was 25 and under, which is below Fallen Kingdom (56%) and Dominion (41%). At the end of the day, that's pretty much imminent when your franchise is 30 years old.

So yes, everything worked out in the end. Well, almost everything. What did Rebirth fail at? Reception. Critics were unimpressed with the film, giving it a mediocre 52% on RT. Somehow, that was an improvement over the past two films, but that's still not a good score. Regardless, the debut suggests the audience was still excited to watch the film. But the film's word of mouth indicates that this will play very, very differently, and that's another thing were Rebirth failed.

Audiences gave Jurassic World Rebirth a very weak "B" on CinemaScore, which is very poor for a blockbuster. That's worse than any of the Jurassic World films, and it's the second lowest in the franchise, just above Jurassic Park III ("B–"). This is an indication that audiences are not content with the film. It's hard to point to a domestic total prediction given that this is a 5-day debut, but with high competition like Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps arriving, it's very likely the film will continue the franchise's decline at the box office. Definitely a success, but it's gonna put a lot of pressure on the next film.

Last week's champ F1 added $25.7 million this weekend. That's a rough 55% drop from last week, but when you have a juggernaut like Jurassic World, a drop like that is pretty much imminent. Through 10 days, the film has amassed $109.2 million domestically, the first Apple title to hit that milestone. There's still heavy competition on its way, but F1 should still have enough gas left to hit $160 million domestically.

In third place, How to Train Your Dragon dipped 43%, adding $11.2 million this weekend. That took its domestic total to $224.2 million, finally becoming the franchise's biggest film in the domestic market.

There doesn't appear to be any signs of life in Disney/Pixar's Elio. It dropped 45% and made just $5.7 million. That drop is barely better than last week, indicating word of mouth isn't really doing anything to save the film. The film has made an abysmal $55 million so far, and it's going to struggle to hit $65 million at this rate.

28 Years Later remained at #5, although it still dropped 53% and added $4.5 million this weekend. At least that's better than last week's steep 67% drop, but it's still rough. The film has already earned $60.2 million, and it should finish with around $67 million domestically.

M3GAN 2.0 continued disappointing on its second weekend. The film collapsed a poor 61%, earning just $3.9 million this weekend. That's far worse than the original's second weekend drop (a very light 39.8%). The sequel has earned a very poor $18.7 million, which is a colossal 68% behind the original through the same point. With more competition on its way, it's highly likely the film will finish with less than $25 million domestically.

Lilo & Stitch dropped 45% and earned $3.8 million. The film has amassed $408.5 million so far.

In eighth place, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning eased just 34% and added $2.7 million this weekend. The film's domestic total stands at $191.1 million, and it will soon pass Rogue Nation ($195 million) to become the fourth biggest film in the franchise.

Materialists had another rough drop this weekend. This time, it dropped 55% and added $1.3 million. That took its total to $33.5 million.

Rounding out the Top 10 was the 41st anniversary re-release of This Is Spinal Tap. It earned $1 million from 1,015 theaters, taking its lifetime gross to $5.7 million. Man, it should've made $1.1 million, come on.

OVERSEAS

Jurassic World Rebirth debuted with $174 million overseas, for a monster $322.6 million worldwide debut. China was its biggest debut with $41.5 million, which is the biggest for a Hollywood title this year. However, it should be noted that the film was quite front-loaded in the market amidst poor word of mouth. Other strong debuts were seen in the UK ($16.6M), Mexico ($13.9M), Germany ($7.6M), South Korea ($7.4M), Spain ($6.5M), Australia ($5.9M), India ($5.5M/best of franchise), France ($5.3M) and Italy ($4.7M).

All the Jurassic World films have cracked $1 billion, but don't expect the same to happen to Rebirth. Not only was it lower than Dominion $392 million worldwide debut, but most of these debuts were all from 5-day debuts, which is boosting its numbers. For now, a $800 million worldwide total is likely. Another success in the franchise, but it will continue marking another decline.

F1 was impacted domestically, but it continues killing it overseas. Despite the arrival of Rebirth, the film dipped just 38% and added $56.3 million overseas, taking its worldwide total to $293 million. It's already Apple's biggest film worldwide. In China, the film had an insane 2% second weekend drop, which is the best for a Hollywood title this year, and now the film is set to massively over-perform in the market. The best markets are China ($22M), the UK ($17.3M), Mexico ($12.3M), France ($11.5M) and Australia ($9.8M). Assuming it keeps holding very well, the film should definitely pass $450 million worldwide.

How to Train Your Dragon added $21 million overseas, taking its worldwide total to $519 million. The best markets are China ($35.5M), Mexico ($33.4M), the UK ($24.6M), Brazil ($17.2M) and France ($14.2M). It has already passed the original film's worldwide gross, and by tomorrow it will pass The Hidden World ($520 million).

28 Years Later added $7 million overseas, allowing it to cross $125 million worldwide. The UK has been its biggest market, unsurprisingly, earning $17 million so far. The film should finish with around $140 million worldwide.

Continuing its absolutely pathetic run in pretty much every territory, Disney/Pixar's Elio made $6.7 overseas, taking its worldwide total to just $97.7 million worldwide. The best markets are France ($4.7M), the UK ($4.1M), South Korea ($3.6M), China ($3.5M) and Mexico ($2.8M). 3 weeks in and a Pixar title still hasn't cracked $100 million worldwide. What a time to be alive.

Lilo & Stitch added $6.1 overseas, taking its worldwide total to $972 million. That allowed it to finally pass A Minecraft Movie as the year's second highest grossing film, just behind Ne Zha 2. The best markets are Mexico ($66.5M), the UK ($48.3M), France ($40.5M), Brazil ($36.5M) and Germany ($30.8M).

With $3.9 million overseas, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning has officially passed Dead Reckoning worldwide with a $576.1 million total, becoming the fourth biggest film in the franchise.

FILMS THAT ENDED THEIR RUN THIS WEEK

• A Minecraft Movie has closed its run with a fantastic $954 million worldwide. Considering the insanely negative response to its first teaser, it's still a sign of the brand's strength that it could make almost $1 billion. Of course, the film's legs were very mediocre (2.60x is not great at all for family films, given those easily pass 3x), which is a sign that they weren't fully satisfied by the film itself. Whenever the sequel comes up, they must deliver something better than this, quality-wise.

THIS WEEKEND

A new era of DC begins this weekend.

That's because it's the arrival of DC's Superman, the first film in the new DC Universe (DCU). Written and directed by James Gunn, it stars David Corensweet as the Man of Steel, and it follows Superman's journey to reconcile his alien heritage with his adoptive human family. To say that expectations are high for this film is selling it short. As previously mentioned, this is gonna kick off a new DC Universe, after the DCEU had the insane distinction of having 8 box office flops in a row. And that's not even including the absolute misfire of Joker: Folie à Deux. Needless to say, the brand is at an all-time low and Superman will need to win over people. With a high $225 million budget and an extensive marketing campaign, this film really needs to be a home run for the sake of DC.

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