"Jurassic World Dominion" Still Roars in 1st Place during Father's Day Weekend

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Jurassic World Dominion Roars with $143.4 Domestic Debut, Top Gun: Maverick Keeps Flying High
by Chris Nashawaty - Box Office News
June 12, 2022


It’s peak summer movie season, which means what’s old is new again. After two back-to-back first-place finishes for a follow-up to the biggest box-office hit of 1986 (Top Gun), this weekend multiplexes were dominated by the latest sequel to the biggest box-office hit of 1993 (Jurassic Park).

Not that anyone at Hollywood’s major studios is complaining about this latest wave of deja-vu. These days their very survival seems to depend on franchise nostalgia. Leaving a monster footprint at home and abroad, Universal’s Jurassic World Dominion, the sixth and latest installment in the dinos-run-amok franchise, stomped the competition over the frame with an eye-popping $143.4 million domestic bow, bumping reigning champ Top Gun: Maverick from the top spot even though Tom Cruise and company held on far better than expected in its third session with a still-impressive $50 million North American haul.







Although the latest Jurassic chapter was panned by critics, who dinged the PG-13 action-adventure with a lowly 30% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, audiences were in a more forgiving frame of mind, handing Dominion a solid ‘A-‘ CinemaScore grade.

The third and final film in the Jurassic World trilogy, which stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as well as the original trilogy’s trio of Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, and Laura Dern, earned a muscular $30,660 per-screen average in 4,676 theaters.




Despite doing gangbusters business, the tentpole (which takes place after the franchise’s cloned prehistoric creatures have spread across the globe) fell short of the previous two Jurassic chapters’ domestic debuts — Jurassic World opened to $208 million in 2015 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom bowed to $148 million in 2018.

Both films ended up clearing the $1 billion benchmark globally.




Overseas, where Dominion opened a week earlier in 15 foreign markets, the film has now earned $245.8 so far. Part of the reason for that T-Rex-sized haul is the fact that Dominion, unlike many other recent Hollywood blockbusters, unspooled in China, where it took in $52.5 million alone.

Another reason for its super-sized numbers is the fact that 25% of its global revenues came from IMAX and other premium formats. Dominion’s total worldwide gross currently stands at $389.1 million and counting.







Based on Dominion’s massive first-week haul, you’d be excused for thinking that no one was left to buy tickets to check out the competition. But you would be wrong.

In its third weekend of release, Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick kept flying high, taking in $50 million — a drop of just -44.5% from the previous frame.



Thanks to its extremely fresh 97% fresh rating from critics and its rare ‘A+’ CinemaScore grade, Maverick landed in second place thanks to a healthy $11,731 per-screen average at 4,262 locations, putting its three-week domestic tally at $393.3 million.

The movie continues to perform well overseas too, where it has taken in $353.7 million so far (and that’s without opening in Russia or China). Maverick’s current global gross is $747 million.







Landing in third place was Disney’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which took in $4.9 million. The latest Marvel installment fell -46.8% from the previous weekend.

The Benedict Cumberbatch-led superhero epic scored a $1,460 per-screen average at 3,345 locations, putting its six-week domestic box-office total at $397.8 million. The PG-13-rated hit has fared even better overseas, where it has racked up $532.4 million in sales.

Its current worldwide total now sits at $930.2 million, making it the top-grossing global release of 2022.







In fourth was 20th Century Studios’ The Bob’s Burger Movie with $2.3 million. The PG-13-rated spin-off feature from the long-running animated TV show declined -49.6% in its third weekend, posting an $897 per-screen average in 2,605 theaters.

Its three-week domestic haul now stands at $27.1 million. The film, which earned a solid 86% fresh rating from reviewers, has yet to make much of a dent overseas, earning a scant $1.7 million so far. Its combined worldwide gross is $28.8 million.







Rounding out the top five was Universal’s stealth hit The Bad Guys with $2.2 million. In its eighth weekend, the PG-rated animated comedy about a gang of animal thieves who struggle to become model citizens fell -32.7% from the prior session, managing a $931 per-screen average in 2,416 theaters.

The movie has now accrued $91.5 million domestically with another $131.6 million coming from overseas, bringing it global box-office cume to $223.1 million. An impressive footnote: The Bad Guys has managed to stay in the top five for eight straight weeks.

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June 10-12, 2022: Weeked Studio Estimates

1. Jurassic World Dominion $143,370,000
2. Top Gun: Maverick $50,000,064 / $393,344,000
3. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $4,884,000 / $397,806,858
4. The Bob's Burgers Movie $2,338,000 / $27,086,540
5. The Bad Guys $2,249,555 / $91,527,000
6. Downton Abbey: A New Era $1,650,275 / $39,993,000
7. Everything Everywhere All at Once $1,271,108 / $63,031,678
8. Firestarter $819,740 / $9,252,000
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 $710,316 / $189,837,000
10. Ante Sundharaniki $620,000

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Lightyear Opens in 2nd Place behind Still-Roaring Jurassic World Dominion w/ Soft $51M Bow
by Chris Nashawaty - Box Office News
June 19, 2022


Well, it didn’t quite reach infinity and beyond. In fact, it didn’t even reach first place — a rarity for a big-budget Pixar tentpole. But despite its disappointing blast-off, Disney’s Lightyear still managed to rack up $51 million during its domestic debut over Father’s Day weekend.

Maybe it was the absence of Woody and the rest of the gang, but either way the Toy Story spin-off fell short of expectations and failed to blast past Universal’s still-roaring dino sequel, Jurassic World Dominion, which held onto the top spot thanks to a massive $58.7 million second-week haul.




With early box-office projections putting Lightyear’s bow in the $70 million range, its under-performance came as a bit of a surprise. Especially since the previous installment, Toy Story 4, opened to $120.9 million back in the pre-COVID summer of 2019.

Still, Lightyear was always going to be a tougher sell than a traditional Toy Story follow-up since it’s less a continuation of the hit franchise than a sidequel or prequel that imagines the movie that the series’ pint-sized protagonist Andy first fell in love with before the events of the first Toy Story chapter began.







Jurassic World Dominion, which fought off fierce competition and repeated in the top spot for a second straight weekend. Despite dropping off a hefty -59.6% from the previous frame, the latest Jurassic action-adventure’s $58.7 sophomore session boosted its two-week domestic total to $249.8 million.

Earning a $12,488 per-screen average in 4,697 theaters, the PG-13-rated Dominion has already taken its rightful place as one one the biggest hits of the summer. Especially when you consider that it has racked up an even mightier $372.4 million overseas, placing its current combined worldwide gross at $622.2 million and counting.







Back to Buzz, the gung-ho plastic action hero (who is now voiced by Chris Evans rather than Tim Allen) was the first Pixar film to debut in theaters in more than two years. The studio’s recent films— Soul, Luca, and Turning Red — all premiered on Disney+ due to the pandemic.

And Lightyear did score well with critics, who gave his film a 77% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as ticket-buyers, who handed it an ‘A-‘ CinemaScore grade. But all that love couldn’t launch it into a first-place touchdown.




Snagging an $11,986 per-screen average at 4,255 locations, Lightyear was left to lick its wounds both at home and abroad, where the movie took in $34.6 million in 43 markets—an underwhelming international tally even when its ban from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (due to its blink-and-miss-it same-sex kiss) is factored in.

Lightyear’s total global haul after its first week stands at $85.6 million. In other words, don’t cross your fingers for a stand-alone Forky feature anytime soon.







Still flying high in third place was Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick, which took in $44 million in its fourth frame — an astonishing drop-off of just -15.1% from the previous session. Thanks to its rare ‘A+’ CinemaScore grade, Tom Cruise’s word-of-mouth sensation scored a healthy $10,904 per-screen average in 4,035 theaters, putting its four-week domestic tally at $466.2 million.

The high-altitude blockbuster, which can now lay claim to being the top-grossing domestic performer of 2022, continued to perform well overseas, where it has taken in $419 million (despite the absence of lucrative playdates in Russia and China).

Maverick’s current global gross is $885.2 million.







Finishing in fourth place was Disney’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which took in $4.2 million. The latest Marvel installment fell just -19.5% from the previous weekend.

The Benedict Cumberbatch-led superhero epic scored a $1,703 per-screen average at 2,465 locations, putting its seven-week domestic box-office total at $405.1 million. The PG-13-rated hit has fared even better abroad, where it has racked up $537.4 million in sales.

Its current worldwide total now sits at $942.5 million.







Rounding out the top five was 20th Century Studios’ The Bob's Burger Movie with $980,000. The PG-13-rated big-screen extension of the long-running animated TV show declined -61.3% in its fourth weekend, posting an $814 per-screen average in 1,350 theaters.

Its four-week domestic total now stands at $29.8 million. The film, which earned a solid 86% fresh rating from reviewers, has yet to make much of a dent overseas, earning a measly $2.1 million so far.

Its combined worldwide gross is $31.8 million.







Less headline-worthy was the muted arrival of Focus Features’ British comedy Brian and Charles, which created some buzz out of Sundance but bowed in tenth place with $198,000 in 279 theaters.

The quirky, feel-good tale tells the story of a lonely inventor in Wales who builds a humanoid robot for companionship. The film, which was directed by Jim Archer and stars David Earl, earned a 79% fresh rating from reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes.

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June 17-19, 2022: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Jurassic World Dominion $58,660,000 / $249,796,690
2. Lightyear $51,000,000
3. Top Gun: Maverick $44,000,455 / $466,168,000
4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $4,200,000 / $405,083,660
5. The Bob's Burgers Movie $1,100,000 / $29,762,030
6. The Bad Guys $980,000 / $94,239,005
7. Everything Everywhere All at Once $959,631 / $64,920,186
8. Downton Abbey: A New Era $830,000 / $42,196,350
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 $228,392 / $190,478,000
10. Brian and Charles $198,000