Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdomhas some T-Rex sized footprints to follow in when it comes to the box office, but the latestJurassicsequel just took the first big step.Fallen Kingdomhas officially crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, following its predecessor into the billion dollar club.Fallen Kingdomis now the 35th film to accomplish the milestone and seventh film to cross $1 billion for Universal.
Rolling into its third frame (with Marvel’sAnt-Man and the Wasppoised to take a bite out of the weekend box office),Fallen Kingdomhas tallieda domestic total of $304.8 million and $700.7 million overseas to a grand total of$1, 005.5 billion, with Japan still to come. The film has roared to $245.2 million in China alone, where it currently sits as the fifth-highest-grossing Western film of all time.
Other top-grossing markets include theUK & Ireland with $47 million, Korea with $45.8 million, Mexico with $26.4 million, France with $24.6 million, Germany with $23 million, Spain with $22 million, and Taiwan with $20 million.
Directed byJ.A. Bayona(A Monster Calls) and starringBryce Dallas HowardandChris Pratt,Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdompicks up three years after the events of the franchise relaunchJurassic World, following a mission to rescue the dinosaurs from a new threat of extinction. Directed byColin Trevorrow, who returned to write and produce the sequel,Jurassic Worldearned 1.671 billion in the summer of 2015.Fallen Kingdomisn’t expected to reach those monstrous heights, but hitting the billion mark is a big win for the studio and the franchise.
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