“Jurassic World: Dominion” surpasses one billion dollars at the worldwide box office

“Jurassic World: Dominion” hit theaters around the world last June and, following in the footsteps of its predecessors, became an instant box office hit. However, the film written and directed by Colin Trevorrow it had not reached the coveted goal of a billion dollars in takings. Until now.

Three months have passed, but the latest installment of the “Jurassic World” trilogy has finally passed the billion mark at the worldwide box office. Specifically, the film hit this milestone last Thursday, adding $ 376 million in the US and $ 624 million in the rest of the world, as confirmed by Variety. It is the second film of 2022 to achieve this feat, surpassed only by the phenomenon “Top Gun: Maverick”which has amassed a staggering 1,464 million worldwide.

While the film starring Tom Cruise splits its box office almost equally between national and global box offices, the Jurassic sequel owes a bigger slice of the pie at the international box office. It should be noted that the film was released in China, one of the most powerful markets in the world, which lately denies entry to many American blockbusters for political reasons or conservative ideologies. In China alone, “Jurassic World: Dominion” grossed $ 158 million, becoming the first international with the highest grossing in the Asian country in 2022 and the third in the era of the pandemic.

The “domain” becomes the third title from Universal Pictures to reach one billion worldwide and the third within the Jurassic saga. In total, the franchise that started with “Jurassic Park” in 1993 has grossed just over 6,000 million at the worldwide box office. Overall it was a good year for Universal, which last month surpassed $ 3 billion at the total box office for fiscal year 2022, thanks to the global hits of “Dominion”, “Minions: Rise of Gru”, ” Black Phone “,” The Bad Guys “. ‘and’ NOP ‘. It is the first studio to join it since 2019.

Will there be more “Jurassic”?

On the future of the Jurassic saga there are no concrete details yet, but what is clear is that the franchise does not end with “Jurassic World: Dominion”. It is one of Universal Pictures’ most popular and profitable properties and after the end of the era which is its most recent release, where we witness the meeting of its two generations, the studio must outline how to continue expanding its universe.

In this regard, the writer and director of the recent trilogy, Colin Trevorrow, told us in our interview at the premiere of ‘Dominion’ in June: “I want to leave the series in the form I found it, or rather, and that there is an opportunity to tell more stories by expanding its world”. On the other hand, even the male protagonist of “Jurassic World”, Chris Pratt, has indicated a continuation of the saga, despite his plot ending with “Dominion”, comparing the future of the saga with the Marvel Cinematic Universe: “You have the ‘Jurassic Park’ trilogy and the ‘Jurassic World’ trilogy, and that’s the big epic conclusion for both of them. Now, after ‘Endgame’, Marvel has continued making films, but it seems like a phase that is It’s over. It’s entered a new phase, you know? And of course Marvel continues to do great things. I think Jurassic will continue to tell great stories too. “.