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Jurassic World Rebirth
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGareth Edwards
Written byDavid Koepp
Based onCharacters
by Michael Crichton
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Mathieson
Edited byJabez Olssen
Music byAlexandre Desplat[a]
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
Running time
133 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$180 million[2][3]
Box office$397.8 million[4][3]

Jurassic World Rebirth is a 2025 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Gareth Edwards and written by David Koepp. A sequel to Jurassic World Dominion (2022), it is the fourth Jurassic World film and the seventh installment overall in the Jurassic Park franchise. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Ed Skrein.

Work on the film began shortly after the release of Jurassic World Dominion, when executive producer Steven Spielberg recruited Koepp to help him develop a new installment in the series. Koepp previously co-wrote the original Jurassic Park film (1993) and wrote its sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Development of Rebirth was first reported in January 2024. Edwards was hired as director a month later, and casting commenced shortly thereafter. Principal photography took place in Thailand, Malta, and the United Kingdom from June to September 2024.

Jurassic World Rebirth premiered on June 17, 2025, at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London, and was released in the United States and Canada by Universal Pictures on July 2. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some deeming it an improvement over previous entries. It has grossed over $390 million worldwide against a budget of $180 million, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2025.

Plot

In 2010, nine years after the rescue of Eric Kirby[b] and five years before the Jurassic World incident,[c] InGen uses a laboratory on the island of Île Saint-Hubert in the Atlantic Ocean to create transgenetic mutated dinosaurs. One of these creations, a deformed six-limbed tyrannosaur dubbed "Distortus rex" escapes containment, kills an employee and wreaks havoc, forcing the facility personnel to abandon the island. Seventeen years later in 2027, five years after the Biosyn incident that caused the transgenic locust outbreak,[d] the Earth's climate becomes inhospitable to sustain the de-extinct animals. Dinosaurs are forced to reside in areas around the equator, which resemble the Mesozoic climate, making them marked as no-travel zones.

Martin Krebs, an executive at pharmaceutical company ParkerGenix, recruits Zora Bennett, an ex-military covert operative, to collaborate with paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis on a top-secret mission to retrieve biomaterial samples from the three largest remaining prehistoric specimens, which hold the key to a new heart disease treatment. In a bar in Suriname, Zora recruits her longtime friend Duncan Kincaid to lead the expedition. He brings boat driver LeClerc, mercenary Nina, and security chief Bobby Atwater.

The expedition team sets out to Île Saint-Hubert to extract samples from the aquatic Mosasaurus, terrestrial Titanosaurus, and avian Quetzalcoatlus. They track the Mosasaurus, which has shipwrecked a family sailing around the island: Reuben Delgado, his daughters Teresa and Isabella, and Teresa's boyfriend Xavier. The team rescues the family and Zora successfully extracts a sample from the mosasaur. However, it returns with a group of Spinosaurus and attacks the ship, killing Bobby.

Teresa attempts to use the radio to call for help, but Martin panics and shoves her away from the radio in order to protect the mission's secrecy. Teresa falls overboard; and Martin refuses to help her. Xavier and the Delgados jump overboard in an attempt to rescue her; and are thus separated from the expedition team. The mosasaur forces the ship aground, putting the team ashore, where Nina is killed by a Spinosaurus. Zora informs the remaining survivors that she employed a rescue helicopter to circle the island in 24 hours.

The team successfully extracts the second sample from a Titanosaurus and the third and final sample from a Quetzalcoatlus egg, although LeClerc is devoured by an adult Quetzalcoatlus.

Meanwhile, the Delgados are stranded elsewhere and search for settlements. They encounter various dinosaurs including an Aquilops, whom Isabella adopts and names Dolores, two Velociraptors which hunt Xavier before being attacked by a pterosaur-like creature, a Dilophosaurus feeding on a Parasaurolophus corpse, and a Tyrannosaurus rex, which chases the Delgados down a river.

The Delgados and the expedition group reunite at the abandoned laboratory for helicopter extraction. They confront Martin for attacking Teresa on the boat, who then holds them at gunpoint, steals the samples from Zora and attempts to flee to the helipad alone by UTV. A pack of mutated raptor/pterosaur hybrids, dubbed "Mutadons", descends on the survivors; they take refuge in an undergound tunnel to escape.

The rescue helicopter arrives as Henry lights a flare, but it is destroyed by the Distortus rex, which then also devours Martin. The survivors come to a locked gate at the end of the underground tunnel, and see a boat on the other side. Isabella, small enough to fit through the gate, unlocks it, allowing the group to load onto the boat while Duncan diverts the D. rex using a flare.

Zora, Henry, Reuben, Teresa, Xavier, and Isabella escape, and a surviving Duncan joins them. With the samples in hand, Zora and Henry agree to distribute the new medication without a patent, making it open-source for the entire planet.

Cast

(L:R) Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey lead the film's cast

Production

Background

David Koepp co-wrote the original film, Jurassic Park (1993); he shared screenplay credit with Michael Crichton, who authored the novels Jurassic Park (1990) and The Lost World (1995). Koepp returned as sole writer on the latter's film adaptation The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Steven Spielberg directed both films and would return as an executive producer for future installments in the Jurassic Park franchise.[9]

Koepp initially turned down the chance to write another film, believing he had nothing left to contribute to the series.[10][11] He was still consulted for subsequent films[12][13] and eventually did uncredited script work on Jurassic World Dominion (2022).[14] Colin Trevorrow spent nine years working on the Jurassic World trilogy as a director and co-writer, and said he would likely not return for another film, except in a possible advisory role.[15]

Development

Executive producer Steven Spielberg and writer David Koepp

Development on Jurassic World Rebirth began shortly after the release of Dominion,[7] with an early story idea from Spielberg that features heavily in the final film. Spielberg had brought his idea to Koepp and asked him about writing a new film in the series,[16] which led to an exchange of other ideas.[17] Koepp took on the project upon learning how deeply involved Spielberg would be in crafting it. They worked closely to develop the screenplay over a six-month period,[18] seeking to revive the tone of the original Jurassic Park trilogy, particularly the first film.[19][20][21] Koepp also said, "We decided early on that, because the first and second trilogies have concluded their stories, let's not restrict ourselves in any way – let's have all-new characters in an all-new location."[22]

Koepp wanted to revisit the concept of humans in a dinosaur environment, whereas the two preceding films had shifted toward the animals living among people around the world,[21] of which Koepp said, "I don't know where else to go with that."[23] He felt this idea had been thoroughly explored,[24] furthermore saying, "Once that happened, you can go anywhere in the world and you can have as many crazy dinosaur situations as you want. I was more limited. I find limitations freeing. [...]. I think we actually had an easier time than the three Jurassic World movies because they got so big and that becomes hard to work with."[25]

Koepp and Spielberg devised a story involving a secret island facility, used for dinosaur research and development, then had to determine why characters would visit such a place. According to Koepp, "While doing research, I found that certain dinosaurs, larger ones in particular, did have extraordinarily long lifespans and the reason was they had remarkably low incidences of heart disease. That led to the idea that a drug could be synthesized from their DNA, because the greatest killer of humans is heart disease."[7] Ben Lamm, co-founder of Colossal Biosciences, said the premise is realistic: "There's hidden cures and hidden data in all these species that we're losing."[26] Initially, Koepp planned to feature the character Atwater more heavily, having him eventually partner with Krebs to betray the others.[25]

Before writing the script, Koepp rewatched the preceding six films in the franchise.[7] He also reread Crichton's Jurassic Park novels, for the first time in nearly 30 years, incorporating concepts from both books.[25][17] Rebirth includes a sequence from the first novel that was cut from its film adaptation, in which characters in a raft must escape from a Tyrannosaurus rex.[27] A monologue by the character Henry Loomis was also pulled from the novel,[28] and additionally includes an un-used line of dialogue that Koepp wrote for the character Ian Malcolm in an early draft of Jurassic Park.[29]

Aside from the inclusion of dinosaurs, Koepp had no story requirements to follow in writing the script, although he did compile a list of rules for himself; among these was that the film be based on accurate science, that it not retcon any events from the previous films, and that humorous dialogue be included.[19] He also sought to depict the non-mutant dinosaurs as animals rather than monsters,[30] stating that their actions are driven by either hunger or territorial defense.[31]

By September 2023, Koepp had begun writing the screenplay in earnest, turning in a draft three months later. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, producers of the Jurassic World trilogy, would return for Rebirth. Although another installment was expected at some point, Marshall and Crowley were unaware that Spielberg was already working on the project until the first draft was turned in. With a mid-2025 release date being targeted, the producers were surprised by the limited amount of production time, but they soon determined it to be adequate.[7]

Pre-production

The project was unveiled in late January 2024, when it was reported that a new Jurassic World film was in development by Universal Pictures.[32] Like the previous Jurassic World films, the new installment would be produced by Marshall and Crowley through The Kennedy/Marshall Company, while Spielberg would executive produce through Amblin Entertainment.[32][33] Development of the project had been underway for some time,[32][34] with several drafts already written by Koepp.[33] The producers had also done some pre-production work, including dinosaur designs, meaning that any creative input from the eventual director would be minimal.[33][35] The position was reportedly described as being "more shooter than auteur", as the producers sought to have more creative control than Jurassic World Dominion,[33] which earned mostly negative reviews.[36]

Director Gareth Edwards

David Leitch, who previously served as a second unit director on Jurassic World, was briefly in talks to direct the film during early February 2024,[37] but negotiations broke down after several days,[38] as the project's progress up to that point left little room for his creative input.[33][39] Gareth Edwards was announced as director later that month,[40] having been selected because of the visual style he used in his previous films, which was considered ideal for the Jurassic World series.[22] His experience with computer-generated imagery (CGI) was also a factor in his selection.[7] Furthermore, Spielberg enjoyed Edwards' film Godzilla (2014) and Edwards is a fan of the original Jurassic Park.[36][41]

After completing the film The Creator (2023), Edwards planned to take a break from studio filmmaking to focus on his own projects instead.[40][41] He was busy writing a new film when he was offered the Jurassic World project, which he described as "the only movie that would make me drop everything like a stone and dive right in".[40] Feeling depleted after finishing The Creator, he hoped that Koepp's draft would give him reason to turn down the directing job but was instead won over.[7][42] He met with Marshall and subsequently Spielberg to discuss the project and possible changes, and was soon hired as director.[43] Edwards had less than a year and a half to get the film finished, a process that he said would normally take two and a half years. Early on, he suggested delaying the film's release, but this idea was immediately rejected. He credited Koepp's script for the quick turnaround: "Everybody was pointing at that going, 'Go make that; that's what we want.' And so it was just quite a relatively smooth ride".[44]

Edwards aimed to follow Koepp's script by maintaining its balance of humor and horror elements,[45] the latter being emphasized more so than in previous Jurassic World films.[46] Koepp encouraged Edwards to make suggestions for improving the script.[47] A scene involving a Quetzalcoatlus nest was among those modified by Edwards; originally written to take place in a cave, he changed the setting to an abandoned ancient temple.[7][27] A sequence at a gas station mini mart was initially set in a different location, but was also changed by Edwards.[48] He ultimately found the film's shortened production time to be beneficial: "If you have too much time, you procrastinate, you try things that don't work".[49]

Casting

Jurassic World Rebirth is the first film in the series to not include any returning actors from previous installments.[50] Casting was underway in March 2024,[51] and continued over the next three months.[52][53][54][55]

The character of Zora was not written as a gender-specific role.[56][57] Various actors were considered to play Zora,[7] including Jennifer Lawrence, who turned down the role.[58] Scarlett Johansson was already a fan of the franchise and hoped to join it for more than a decade.[59] While Rebirth was in development, she arranged a meeting with Spielberg and pitched the idea of joining the cast in some capacity. Edwards, after signing on as director, learned of Johansson's interest and immediately cast her as Zora. She worked with Koepp to further develop her character.[7][27]

Jonathan Bailey would also be cast,[60] at the suggestion of Universal executives who were impressed with his performance in the 2024 film Wicked.[61] Edwards cast Manuel Garcia-Rulfo after seeing him in an episode of the television series The Lincoln Lawyer. Likewise, he cast Rupert Friend after being impressed by a performance he gave in an episode of Homeland. Friend worked with Koepp to make his character more dimensional.[7]

Other actors cast in the film included Mahershala Ali,[62] Luna Blaise,[63] David Iacono,[54] Audrina Miranda,[55] and Béchir Sylvain.[64] Glen Powell, who voiced Dave in the animated series Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2020–2022), turned down a role.[65]

Filming

John Mathieson served as the cinematographer.[66] Edwards hoped to emulate Spielberg's filmmaking style,[67] and shot the project using 35mm film, his first time doing so, to harken back to the look of the first film.[56][68] The production used Panaflex Millennium XL2 cameras and vintage C- and E-Series anamorphic lenses from Panavision.[69][70]

Costa Rica was strongly considered as a filming location to depict the fictional Île Saint-Hubert, although other possible locations included the Dominican Republic, Mauritius, and Panama. Once Edwards was hired, he suggested shooting in Thailand, where he filmed The Creator. Spielberg and the producers immediately approved the idea, finding the country's landscapes ideal for depicting Île Saint-Hubert. Also filmed in Thailand, at a small fishing village, was a beach bar scene set in South America where Zora meets with Duncan.[7] Edwards sought to do as much on-location filming as possible.[22][71] James Clyne, production designer for The Creator, would join Edwards again for Jurassic World Rebirth.[7] As filming began, Spielberg turned full creative control over to Edwards and was later impressed by the dailies.[72]

Principal photography began in Thailand on June 13, 2024,[73] under the working title Saga,[74] with filming lasting a month in the country.[75][76] Locations included Khao Phanom Bencha National Park in Krabi,[77] Ko Kradan at Hat Chao Mai National Park in Trang, and Ao Phang Nga National Park in Phang Nga.[78] Sunset Beach on Ko Kradan was used for scenes in which the Delgado family arrives on Île Saint-Hubert.[7] The Titanosaurus sequence was shot on a field in Thab Prik, located in Krabi. Clyne's team was unsuccessful in growing high grass for the scene, due to a drought, and instead hired a horticulturist from England to achieve this by installing an irrigation system.[79] While in Thailand, the use of film presented a downside as the dailies had to be shipped to England for processing. According to executive producer Denis Stewart, "It was five days of wondering if that film was going to get there okay, wondering if we could move on and strike the set and let an actor leave or if we were going to need to reshoot a scene or let it go. But not a single problem arose."[7]

Filming moved to the Malta Film Studios in Kalkara, Malta in July 2024.[80] Filming there included boat attack sequences involving a Mosasaurus.[7][22] Some of the stunts were filmed in water tanks at the studio site, and ocean shooting took place on the nearby Mediterranean Sea. Edwards acknowledged that filming the sequence was a "very difficult" experience.[81] For complex shots, boats were placed on large hydraulic gimbals in the tanks.[7] Johansson said, "There was no escape from the sun. It was just baking every day. And you're on this rig, 30 feet [9 meters] in the air or whatever it is, and it's moving up and down and sideways, and there's all this water being shot out of these cannons towards you. It was brutal."[22]

In August 2024,[82] filming moved to London and Sky Studios Elstree in the United Kingdom.[83][84][85] The InGen facility, including research rooms and a network of tunnels, was constructed on three sound stages at Sky Studios.[7] An artificial jungle,[86] the gas station mini mart, and the interiors of Zora's boat and the ancient temple were among other sets constructed at Sky Studios.[7][22] Also built there was a 70-foot (21 m) cliff wall for when Zora's team rappels down to the temple. A waterfall was added to this scene through visual effects, using footage of a waterfall in India.[7] A museum scene was shot at the U.K.'s Old Royal Naval College.[79][87]

The start of the T. rex river chase was filmed at a flooded quarry in Thailand,[7][79] while the remainder was shot in the U.K. at Lee Valley White Water Centre in Hertfordshire.[22] On-set rocks and CGI landscaping would be used for the latter location.[79] Garcia-Rulfo performed several of his own stunts, and he and Iacono learned scuba diving for the film's aquatic scenes.[7] Friend had to be suspended from a wire for the scene depicting the death of his character, Krebs.[88] Ali's character, Duncan, was originally written to have been killed by the Distortus rex. Once Ali was cast, Universal believed that due to his star status, the character should live. Edwards and Ali successfully pushed for Duncan to die as written, but were later told by Universal to film an additional scene while in Thailand to show that he survived, in the event that such an outcome should be chosen. Edwards ultimately decided to add this additional footage into the final film.[89]

Koepp was on set in London during the final weeks of filming,[22] and made himself readily available to Edwards before then through text messaging. Edwards requested minor rewrites on several occasions, sometimes minutes before shooting a scene.[90] Filming wrapped on September 27, 2024,[91] although pick-up shots were made in New York City three weeks later.[92]

Creatures on screen

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) returned from previous installments to handle the CGI for dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals featured in the film.[7][22] Because of its limited pre-production period, the Jurassic World Rebirth crew did not have time to make heavy usage of animatronics, marking a departure from the film's two predecessors.[93] However, on-set materials were still used to aid the actors.[49] John Nolan returned from Jurassic World Dominion to build practical dinosaur parts, including heads, limbs and claws. These were primarily used as lighting and eyeline references, and would be replaced with CGI dinosaur models in post-production, as Edwards sought to maintain design consistency by avoiding an on-screen combination of production methods. Unlike previous films, ILM had only six weeks to finalize the dinosaur designs for Rebirth as a result of its truncated pre-production.[7] Paleontologist Stephen L. Brusatte returned from Dominion as a dinosaur consultant.[94]

The design of the Distortus rex was inspired by the xenomorphs in the Alien franchise and the rancors in the Star Wars franchise.[27][95] With its bulbous head, ILM's visual effects supervisor David Vickery said,[22] "It's as if another animal has been wrapped around the T-Rex. Gareth wanted us to feel sorry for it as well as terrified, because its deformities have caused it some pain, and there's an encumbrance to it."[95] Edwards was heavily involved in the design of the Distortus rex, whose traits include gorilla-like arms and movements at his suggestion.[7]

Another type of mutant animal, the flying Mutadons, are a combination of a pterosaur and Velociraptor. They were inspired by an encounter that Koepp had with a bat on his porch.[22] Koepp described the Mutadons as a failed early attempt by InGen to create hybridized dinosaurs. The Mutadons underwent many design changes, some depicting the creature with multiple heads and varying limb configurations, as ILM sought to maintain a balance between science fiction and believability.[7] The final design was selected around the end of 2024, after nine months.[30]

The film includes the return of Spinosaurus, a dinosaur previously featured in the film Jurassic Park III (2001). For Rebirth, the Spinosaurus was redesigned to reflect newer research which determined the animal to be primarily semiaquatic.[22] According to Vickery, "We've given it more powerful hind limbs, a much bigger, broader tail, webbing in between its feet, and the appearance of a shorter more powerful neck by adding fatty deposits and extra skin folds." To determine the design and behavior of the Spinosaurus, ILM studied crocodiles and grizzly bears.[7]

Other returning species include Apatosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Compsognathus, Dilophosaurus, Mosasaurus, Pteranodon, Quetzalcoatlus, Tyrannosaurus, and Velociraptor, also sees the return of Parasaurolophus in the form of carcasses or murals.[96] To establish it as a different individual than the ones depicted in the previous films, the Tyrannosaurus rex was redesigned to draw influence from the 1969 film The Valley of Gwangi.[22] Edwards described it as "a healthier, heavier, more muscular, more bull-like" animal, while retaining the typical look of a Jurassic Park T. rex.[7] The raft sequence proved challenging for ILM as the team had to determine how the animal would move while it is underwater. Like all previous installments, the film also features the return of Velociraptor, with a new design inspired by the raptors in Jurassic Park III.[7]

Rebirth introduces new species such as Titanosaurus and the pterosaur Anurognathus; the severed head of a Dunkleosteus is also shown, although it does not appear in its entirety, and there's also an unidentified extinct amphibian.[7][96] Nature videos of giraffes and swans were studied for a scene depicting Titanosaurus mating rituals,[7] and an elephant was brought on to walk through the grass field in Thailand as a reference for the CGI artists.[79]

One of the primary dinosaurs, also new to the film series, is Aquilops.[97] The production used three on-set animatronics, each measuring 18 inches in length and operated remotely by a team of puppeteers. The primary animatronic had numerous motors to simulate movements such as breathing, blinking, and tail wagging. This was used for close interactions with the cast, while another animatronic was used in scenes where characters pick the creature up, and a third was used for lighting reference. Because of their abundant use of 3D-printed parts, these puppets weighed less than typical animatronics.[7]

Post-production

By the end of 2024, Edwards had finished his first cut of Jurassic World Rebirth. He wanted the film to be under two hours in length, and his cut was one minute below this mark, excluding the credits. Edwards removed five minutes to achieve this, but ultimately restored the footage at the request of Universal executives.[98] Three other scenes are absent from the final theatrical cut, two of which Edwards was fine with removing. The third consisted of additional material for the gas station sequence; he described it as "a little bit more like being hunted. The tension of something coming." It was cut because it slowed down the film's third act, which was written to be fast-paced.[98]

While in post-production, Edwards briefly considered the idea of having a T. rex show up in the ending to battle the Distortus rex and inadvertently save the humans. Other filmmakers on the project rejected this idea for lack of originality, noting that previous installments in the series already ended with a dinosaur battle.[99] By March 2025, Edwards was working seven days a week with ILM and film editor Jabez Olssen to have the project finished in time for its release.[22]

Music

Jurassic World Rebirth was scored by Alexandre Desplat, reuniting with Edwards after Godzilla and further replacing Michael Giacchino, who composed the previous installments in the Jurassic World series.[100][101] Recorded at the Abbey Road Studios in London, with a 105-piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir, the score incorporates previous musical themes by John Williams, who composed the scores for the first two Jurassic Park films.[100] Bailey performed the clarinet solo.[102] The soundtrack was released by Back Lot Music on July 2, 2025, simultaneous with the film.[103]

Marketing

The film's title and a pair of first-look photos were unveiled on August 29, 2024.[104] Jurassic World Rebirth was promoted as an homage to the first Jurassic Park and was marketed toward fans of that film.[105] The first trailer was released on February 5, 2025,[106] preceded by multiple film stills.[107][81][27] Discussing the trailer, Ben Travis of Empire felt the film was "visually stunning" and reminiscent of the first Jurassic Park.[108] A 60-second TV spot was broadcast at Super Bowl LIX on February 9, 2025.[109] The second trailer was released on May 20, 2025.[110]

Mattel and Lego produced a line of film-based toys as part of the promotional campaign.[111][112] Other marketing partners included 7-Eleven (including Speedway and Stripes) and Funko.[113][114][115] Professional basketball player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander also appeared in an television commercial that aired during the 2025 NBA playoffs.[116] Universal wanted Johansson to join the social media website Instagram to promote Jurassic World Rebirth, but she declined, believing the film would be successful without her doing so.[117] She did appear in an online video to promote the Mattel toyline.[118][119]

Release

Jurassic World Rebirth premiered on June 17, 2025, at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London.[120][121] Universal released the film in the United States on July 2, 2025.[37][32]

As part of a long-term deal with Amazon Prime Video for Universal's live-action films, the film will first stream on Peacock for the first four months of the pay-TV window, before moving to Prime Video for the next 10, and returning to Peacock for the remaining four.[122][123]

Reception

Box office

As of July 10, 2025, Jurassic World: Rebirth has grossed $192.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $205.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $397.8 million.[3][4]

Domestic

The Hollywood Reporter initially projected a $100–125 million 5-day opening weekend in the United States and Canada while Deadline Hollywood projected $115–135 million.[124][125] In the week of release, Deadline Hollywood projected an estimation of around $260 million global opening, with a domestic 5-day gross of $120–130 million.[126] On July 5, 2025, the film was projected to make $312 million worldwide during its 5-day opening weekend.[127][128] The film would make $30.5 million in its opening day, which led to projections for its 5-day opening weekend increasing to at least $133.5 million.[129][130] It would then make $25.3 million the next day, which resulted in the opening weekend prediction being revised to 137.5 million.[131][132][133] On July 4, it would make $26.3 million at the domestic box office, which resulted in Deadline Hollywood revising its five-day domestic opening weekend box growth estimate to $141.2 million.[134] On July 5, it would make 35.6 million domestically, which resulted in Deadline Hollywood increasing its 5 day opening weekend projection to $145.3 million.[135][136] It ended up debuting to $147.8 million over the five-day Fourth of July holiday, topping the box office, including $92 million for the three-day weekend, and $322.6 million worldwide during this time as well.[137][138]

International

In India, the film set a franchise record by having the highest day one gross without any premieres.[139][140][141] The film's highest-grossing territories include China ($41 million), the United Kingdom ($16.6 million), Mexico ($13.9 million), and Germany ($7.6 million).[142]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 52% of 332 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Going back to basics with rip-roaring set pieces and fossilized clichés, Jurassic World Rebirth doesn't evolve this prehistoric franchise but does restore some of its most reliable DNA."[143] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 50 out of 100, based on 54 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[144] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[130]

Early reactions to the film by critics was mixed.[145][146] Peter Debruge of Variety felt that Rebirth "offers an updated version of the same basic ride Spielberg offered 32 years earlier, and yet, it hardly feels essential to the series' overall mythology, nor does it signal where the franchise could be headed."[147] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Edwards clearly is a devoted Spielberg fan, embedding subtle homages throughout, notably in the open water sequences that recall Jaws. Jurassic World Rebirth is unlikely to top anyone's ranked franchise list. But longtime fans should have a blast."[148] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote: "The latest installment marks a return to form after some recent duds, with all the expected Spielberg-style set pieces and excellent romantic chemistry between the leads".[149] Bill Bria of TheWrap wrote: "Jurassic has to live with setting a high bar, of course — the original film revolutionized the industry, a status that Rebirth is all too aware of, as seen in its meta theme of dinosaurs becoming old news to a jaded populace. Yet just because cheeseburgers are now available anywhere doesn't mean that they can't be damn tasty. Jurassic Park Rebirth is just a well made cheeseburger, and whether that's filling and interesting enough is up to your own appetite."[150] Peter Hammond of Deadline Hollywood wrote: "It might sound like a challenge to believe these humans would sign up to visit a forbidden jungle for guaranteed encounters with truly frightening and gigantic creatures out of another time in order to essentially get blood samples, but if you are game to go with that premise, a good time will be had for all."[151] Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph awarded Rebirth a perfect five stars and called it the best film in the series since the original. He also praised the film's visual and sound design, calling it the best-looking and best-sounding since the first film.[152]

Empire-based critic Ian Freer stated: "It's not doing much daring or different but this delivers a fun, well-made summer theme-park ride, with fast highs and slow lows. Pleasurable, though it doesn't linger."[153] Caryn James of BBC stated that Rebirth "follows the template created by the original Jurassic Park – but it's no match for it" and considered it the weakest in the franchise.[154] Alison Wilmore of Vulture stated that "Audiences may not have run out of enthusiasm for what the Jurassic Worlds are selling, or at least they haven't yet, but the people tasked with making them sure are out of ideas. Rebirth, as though fulfilling its franchise's own prophecy, really does manage to be boring."[155]

Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting wrote: "Jurassic World Rebirth takes a step in the right direction, but the previous trilogy backed this franchise so thoroughly into a corner that it may be time to let this series go extinct."[156] David Jenkins of Little White Lies wrote: "Edwards's involvement was the one thing keeping the candle aflame in terms of our hopes that this moribund, never-ending franchise might have turned a corner. Yet even working at full pelt, there's just too much that's wrong and silly and derivative about this tired, tired run-out. The actors are competent; there are a few tasty zingers; the effects are seamless. But the whole enterprise just feels like the same thing we've seen over and over again, and that the addition of a "new hat" has been deemed more of an irritant than a gift to create something fresh."[157] Siddhant Adlakha of Inverse wrote: "Rebirth has nothing truly new, and it seldom presents anything old with ingenuity or with a mischievous spark. It should, in that case, come as a relief that it has only nominal connections to the rest of the series."[158]

Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com wrote: "There are some sporadic joys here in the clever sight gags, the sleight of hand, the bait and switch. These moments remind us of the mindless summertime excitement the Jurassic movies have long provided, albeit with diminishing returns. But that giant footprint just isn't as imposing as it used to be."[159] Chris Bumbray of JoBlo.com wrote: "One of the summer's bigger disappointments, Jurassic World: Rebirth might finally prove that this is a franchise in need of a long break."[160] Amy Nicholson of Los Angeles Times was critical of the film, calling it "a straight monster movie with zero awe or prestige."[161]

Critics from Cracked.com, El País, and Pajiba found the film's overt product placement from such brands as Snickers and Heineken to be distracting.[161][162][163][164]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Original Jurassic Park themes by John Williams
  2. ^ As depicted in Jurassic Park III (2001).
  3. ^ As depicted in Jurassic World (2015).
  4. ^ As depicted in Jurassic World Dominion (2022).

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