JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH Opens With Massive $318M Worldwide - What Does This Mean For SUPERMAN?

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH Opens With Massive $318M Worldwide - What Does This Mean For SUPERMAN?

Jurassic World Rebirth stomped into theaters this Fourth of July weekend, but after earning more than expected (despite mixed reviews from fans/critics), how much of a bite will it take out of Superman?

By JoshWilding - Jul 06, 2025 02:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Jurassic Park
Source: Deadline

Some franchises are critic-proof, and Jurassic World Rebirth is proof of that. The movie has 52% on Rotten Tomatoes, and even with a near-franchise low "B" CinemaScore, moviegoers have wasted no time heading to theaters to watch the blockbuster this long weekend. 

Following a huge $36.7 million Saturday, Deadline reports that its revised 3-day total is $91.5 million and $147.3 million over five days. It's now secured one of the biggest Independence Day openings ever, behind only Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($157.1 million) and 2004's Spider-Man 2 ($152.4 million).

Globally, Jurassic World Rebirth debuted with a colossal $318.3 million, the second-best worldwide bow for the franchise behind only 2015's Jurassic World ($525.5 million). With a $180 million production budget, this is shaping up to be a hit and likely the opening chapter in a new trilogy. 

Universal Domestic Distribution Chief Jim Orr shared, "Jurassic World Rebirth is the perfect summer blockbuster...an epic, edge-of-your-seat adventure with an incredible cast, visually stunning direction, a thrill ride that is the very best of what the theatrical experience can offer."

In the U.S., F1: The Movie held up well with a $26 million three-day haul and $109.5 million domestic total. 

In his review, ComicBookMovie.com's Rohan Patel said, "Jurassic World Rebirth launches a bold new era for the franchise, one that favors tension, scares, and spectacle over lore and exposition. It’s an adrenaline-fueled crowd-pleaser that understands exactly what it is—and delivers exactly what it promises!"

Ultimately, Jurassic World Rebirth's success isn't great news for Superman. Word of mouth doesn't seem to be negatively affecting it, and even if it suffers a huge 50% drop heading into its second weekend, the movie is still going to draw the attention of many moviegoers who might otherwise have bought a ticket for the DCU reboot. 

While Superman is still eyeing a $100+ million opening, presale ticket sales have slowed significantly as casual fans and regular moviegoers wait on reviews (the first of which have not been great). There have been concerns for a while that Superman would suffer by dropping between Jurassic World Rebirth and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but we'll have a better idea of what to expect in a few days. 

Estimates for Superman's opening weekend are all over the place, but it will be how well the movie holds up in the weeks following its release that could decide the DCU's fate. 

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.

Academy Award nominee Scarlett Johansson plays skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett, contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure the genetic material.

When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on a forbidden island that had once housed an undisclosed research facility for Jurassic Park. There, in a terrain populated by dinosaurs of vastly different species, they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that has been hidden from the world for decades. 

Alongside Johansson, Jurassic World Rebirth stars Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali, Rupert Friend, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. The supporting cast includes Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, and Ed Skrein. Gareth Edwards directs from a script by Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp. 

Jurassic World Rebirth arrives in theaters on July 2.

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JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/6/2025, 2:12 PM
👀 dinos making big bank!

Hopefully it has legs 😌
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/6/2025, 5:21 PM
@JurassicClunge - ITS amazing ..ScarJo turns into a dinosaur in this one !
Humperdink
Humperdink - 7/6/2025, 6:30 PM
@JurassicClunge -

The legs are fine, but did you see those tiny arms?


...I'll see myself out.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/6/2025, 7:45 PM
@Humperdink - 🤣🤣 that made me chuckle sir!
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/6/2025, 2:13 PM
Plan see it Monday same with Superman when it’s out will pass on fantastic four will watch that at home
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 7/6/2025, 2:14 PM
How does this series keep making so much money? Do people love dinosaurs that much? Like literally only the first one and Jurassic world are good.

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Globaltravel
Globaltravel - 7/6/2025, 2:23 PM
@Mrcool210 - I’ve loved dinosaurs since the early 80’s when I was a child! So I still kind of have a soft spot for them!
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/6/2025, 2:25 PM
@Mrcool210 - People want to see dinosaurs eat people and wreck shit. It's a very simple, yet effective formula for a movie. No one's going to these types of movies for the deep characters or interesting stories; it's all about the spectacle.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/6/2025, 2:52 PM
@Mrcool210 - it's a flick to take your kids to. Parents need a few hours of silence for themselves so they take their kids to the Dino movie.
Also helps the theaters make bank at the concession stand because of kids.
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 7/6/2025, 3:27 PM
@Mrcool210 - How dense you have to be to not understand most people in the world like dinosaurs?
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 7/6/2025, 3:30 PM
@MaxPaint - I understand people like dinosaurs. But these movies have been consistently shit for a long time. I more so mean you think people would have wised up that these movies in particular are not good.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 7/6/2025, 3:53 PM
@Mrcool210 - How bad the narrative is will rarely matter even if it should, taking your family to see lifelike scary Dino's on the big screen will win the day 9 out of 10 times over any other aspect of the movie. It IS one case where watching it at home no matter how big your TV or good your sound system is an incredibly poor substitute.

I mean if the stories are meh you may ditch after only one family trip to a single film but for everyone that stops going there are always more kids born wanting to see one for the first time that will bend their parents ear.

Your also at the point of kids who loved the first one or two of these on the big screen are now parents taking their kids to watch at least one of them so there is that too.

All that said, if it aint good it won't have the legs of prior ones but OW few will pay attention to the critics, only to the demands of their child and/or due to the parents own memories of their childhood watching one.
Fogs
Fogs - 7/6/2025, 4:07 PM
@Mrcool210 - Impressive.

I'm gonna say I didn't expect this one would make bank at all.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 7/6/2025, 4:10 PM
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KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 7/6/2025, 4:17 PM
@Fogs - Fingers crossed for a South Park mini-series called:

The💎🔸️Stupidity🔶️🔹️War💠🔷️

Poke MARVEL DC GUNN FEIGE KENNEDY JOHANSSON EVANS DOWNEY HOWARD/CHEADLE HEMSWORTH GADOT BENNIFER & "REYNOLDSPOOL SWIFTIE DRAGONS"

I'm officially calling you out Parker & Stone

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JobinJ
JobinJ - 7/6/2025, 5:09 PM
@Mrcool210 - They are so bad now, like Fast and Furious, but somehow low IQ people keep going to see them..lol
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 7/6/2025, 8:32 PM
@Mrcool210 - Jurassic Park 3 is still a sleeper. Definitely enjoyed it.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 7/6/2025, 2:15 PM
Dinosaur movies are fun, I'm not surprised. Can't wait for Superman next.
Forthas
Forthas - 7/6/2025, 2:15 PM
I for one will be seeing Jurassic Rebirth and skipping Superman.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/6/2025, 2:40 PM
@Forthas - The early buzz for Superman doesn't sound too good at the moment.
Forthas
Forthas - 7/6/2025, 2:48 PM
@TheJok3r - You mean for box office or the films quality?
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/6/2025, 2:55 PM
@Forthas - Both. We'll know for sure day after tomorrow, but critics may end up being mixed on it, which will hurt its box office, which may not being doing so well as of now.
Forthas
Forthas - 7/6/2025, 2:59 PM
@TheJok3r - I have been reading that the China numbers are weak so far. It could change but I am not sure they were counting on that. I am sure this trade war is not helping with Superman so tied to the image of America.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/6/2025, 4:22 PM
@Forthas - Rebirth is the 2nd worst film in the franchise.
DTor91
DTor91 - 7/6/2025, 5:13 PM
@Forthas - You’ll be seeing Superman.
Rexotron
Rexotron - 7/6/2025, 8:07 PM
@TheJok3r - Critics dont necessarily affect box office. It's more reflective of how audiences feel. But a lot of times, audiences feel differentlt. Heck look at Jurassic World Rebirth. The last 3 movies have been consistently reviewed worse and yet this opened to what it did.
Also audiences and critic reception dont affect a film's opening. It's the 2nd weekend you watch out for as far as indication of the reaction.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 7/6/2025, 2:15 PM
Doesn't sink to the lows of the last 2 but still falls short of the first 4. Great sequences throughout.
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BrainySleep
BrainySleep - 7/6/2025, 2:21 PM
Enjoyed it but it's pretty standard dino fare.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/6/2025, 2:24 PM
"There have been concerns that Superman would suffer by dropping between Jurassic World Rebirth and The Fantastic Four: First Steps."

This was a massive marketing mistake on DC's part. Jurassic Park and the MCU are very strong and established franchises in Hollywood, while DC never managed to truly get off the ground outside of Batman, so why put their movie in such a position ? Why not release it the end of June or early August when there's less competition ? It's going to take a major hit at the box office if its Rotten Tomatoes score is anything below 80%.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/6/2025, 2:45 PM
@TheJok3r - because its james Gunn's Dad's Birthday. 😮‍💨

If Gunn didn't want that date WB would have 100% of moved it
Forthas
Forthas - 7/6/2025, 2:52 PM
@JurassicClunge - "because its James Gunn's Dad's Birthday."

ARE YOU FREAKIN SERIOUS???

He has got to be the biggest narcissist in Hollywood...and that is saying something. At this point I am surprised the popcorn buckets are not sculpted from an image of his face!
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/6/2025, 2:53 PM
@JurassicClunge - That's why he picked that date ? That's...we'll see how this turns out. Gunn's handling of this movie has basically ensured that his career crashes and burns if something goes wrong with it.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/6/2025, 2:56 PM
@TheJok3r - the fact that's it's SUPERMAN could help it out. His symbol is the number one known symbol all over the world.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/6/2025, 2:58 PM
@Forthas -

Gunn is:

The head of the studio
The director of the movie
The sole writer of the movie
The sole producer of the movie
The guy who decided to release it on his dad's birthday.

When you decide to take on all these roles, you get all the glory if it works, but all the blame if it doesn't. If Superman doesn't deliver, be it critically or financially, it'll be all on him. This movie could end his career if it doesn't stick the landing.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 7/6/2025, 2:59 PM
@lazlodaytona - No, it's really not.

Spiderman is the most known character in the world and Batman is #2.

I don't even know if Superman is #3.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/6/2025, 3:05 PM
@MarvelZombie616 - I've been reading comics and watching comic book movies my whole life and I've never even heard of "Superman".
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/6/2025, 3:09 PM
@Forthas -

@TheJok3r -

https://x.com/JamesGunn/status/1636091179711467520?t=SJmgCC8GtwUb3QC8QBKnEw&s=19

Yep he claims he didn't know but I don't believe that 1 bit!

No sane person would pick that release date unless it was for sentimental reasons.

Or maybe he's telling the truth and his ego is that damn big that he thinks JP & F4 won't be competition 👀
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/6/2025, 3:16 PM
@JurassicClunge - He's definitely full of shit; he knew exactly what that date was. His decision to take on all the responsibilities, including setting its release date instead of having a marketing department do it will have massive ramifications on his career if it doesn't work out. He'll either be the biggest name in Hollywood next week or dead in the water, it won't be anything in-between.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/6/2025, 3:21 PM
@TheJok3r - I honestly think Superman will do well critically and financially but I'm not sure if it will do well enough to please WB.

MOS and BvS had good box office takings but WB expected way more and based on their budgets they under performed. I expect this to follow suit 😬
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/6/2025, 3:30 PM
@MarvelZombie616 - i call b.s.
You may be right among superhero nerds, but the general public KNOWS that symbol.
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