North American box office | "Jurassic World 3" draws a successful conclusion to the series of box office legends

"Jurassic World 3", which had been released in advance in many overseas markets before, finally landed in 4,676 theaters in various theaters in North America last weekend. The result was a box office of 143 million US dollars, which refreshed the opening of non-superhero movies in the epidemic era. The painting record also continued the strong box office performance of the series.

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Jurassic series opens a new era of overseas box office for Hollywood blockbusters
Compared with the $148 million North American box office that the second film won in 2018, "Jurassic World 3" has achieved almost the same results in the post-epidemic era-of course, the increase in ticket prices and the IMAX theater's performance are almost the same. The increase all worked. This also boosted the series' global box office total of over $5 billion.

Jurassic World 3's "Rotten Tomatoes" score is only 30% positive from critics

Looking at the reviews alone, the "Rotten Tomatoes" score of "Jurassic World 3" has only 30% of the critics' praise, which has fallen to the lowest point of the six films in the whole series. Critics' rants are mainly focused on the fact that the dinosaur story has almost completely lost its originality. On the other hand, North American audiences of all ages, who have always been emotional about the series, gave a pretty decent A-level poll score, which also proves from the side that this movie recalls the original "Jurassic Park" "The nostalgic card played by the three original starring actors played quite brilliantly.
Going back to the place where the dream started, the success of "Jurassic Park" was inseparable from the original novel by Michael Crichton. The book was published in November 1990 and quickly entered various bestseller lists. The first name also immediately attracted strong interest from Hollywood. After several rounds of bidding, Universal Pictures defeated strong rivals such as Warner and Columbia and won the film and television adaptation rights for $2 million. In the process of determining the director candidate, Steven Spielberg, who suffered two consecutive box office failures of "Forever" and "Captain Hook", also defeated Tim Burr with his unique ideas. Dun and other candidates have become the masters of this prehistoric dinosaur world.
Hollywood has a so-called "High Concept", which means a film whose essence can be summed up in one or two sentences when selling. The "Jurassic Park" of that year is the best representative of this type of film. Its concept can be included in the simple sentence "What if we can clone dinosaurs?", and it is enough to attract investors to invest, The audience cheers.
In the end, relying on the breakthrough computer CG special effects at the time, the film perfectly presented the dinosaur world that originally existed only in our imagination; coupled with Spielberg's iconic storytelling skills, "Jurassic" After its release on June 11, 1993, Century Park grossed $50 million in its first weekend, surpassing the $45 million opening of 1992's "Batman Returns", creating a new history for Hollywood. Nine days after its release, "Jurassic Park" hit the $100 million mark in North America, surpassing 1989's "Batman" and setting another record. After that, the film achieved amazing results such as breaking 200 million US dollars at the North American box office after 23 days of release, and 300 million US dollars at the box office after 67 days of release, while its final North American box office stayed at 357 million US dollars.

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Compared with the North American box office, what surprised Hollywood industry insiders at the time was that "Jurassic Park" received $621 million at the overseas box office. The general environment of the world film industry at that time was different from today's after experiencing the wave of globalization. Whether it is the number of theaters or the acceptance of foreign films, it is far less than it is now. Therefore, although the Hollywood commercial blockbusters at that time could also make a difference in overseas markets, their overseas box office in general could only compete with the North American box office at most. However, when it came to "Jurassic Park", the overseas box office greatly surpassed the domestic box office in North America, and it also allowed Hollywood to see the vast market and bright prospects of the globalization of commercial blockbusters.
Nearly thirty years later, "Jurassic World 3" is a happy ending for "Jurassic Park", and the "Iron Triangle" Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum all return , and the protagonists of the new generation of stories, Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, are naturally not absent. The overseas box office performance of "Jurassic World 3" is still quite bright, with a total of 245 million US dollars, surpassing the domestic box office in North America. In particular, it is worth mentioning that in mainland China theaters, which are now being hit by the epidemic, "Jurassic World 3" won 354 million yuan in three days, leading the overseas market.

"Jurassic World 3" has become the only imported film in the Chinese mainland market so far this year to exceed 300 million, and it took less than three days to win the annual import crown​

Director Colin Trevorrow said that Universal Pictures has always insisted on putting "Jurassic World 3" on the big screen, so during the peak of the epidemic, it would rather postpone the release plan for up to a year, rather than release it online. . He had some doubts about this at first, but now it seems that he feels that this decision is extremely correct.
Colin Trevorrow, 45, started out making independent films. The 2012 low-budget sci-fi "Safety Not Guaranteed" received good reviews after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film, which cost only $750,000, went on to gross $4.4 million at the box office. Later, he got the opportunity to direct "Jurassic World 1", and his career development can be said to be quite smooth.
However, in an interview with the media a few days ago, he also expressed concern about the overall environment of the film industry. "To this day, if there are films like "No Safety Guarantee", even if they can be made, it will be difficult for them to be released in theaters. This situation makes me feel depressed. Especially when I think about the time from 2012 to the present, in fact, It's only been ten years, and the industry has undergone such dramatic changes. Young directors took a movie like that to the premiere at Sundance, and it was successful, and then the work could enter the theater. Such an opportunity, ten Years later, it's already impossible to meet. To be honest, this thing makes me feel a little sad."
After the release of "Jurassic World 1", Trevorrow was quickly chosen by Disney to be the director of "Star Wars 9: The Rise of Skywalker", but nearly two years after the project started, he was suddenly fired and replaced by J. J Abrams took his place. In this case, Trevorrow returned to the "Jurassic World" series as director of the third installment. However, this disappointment is not all in vain. "Jurassic World 3" art director Kevin Jenkins met while planning "Star Wars 9".
"Jurassic World 3" started filming in February 2020, but was forced to turn off the lights in March due to the epidemic, and did not resume shooting until July of that year, but must strictly abide by the epidemic prevention regulations, which made the filming cost all the way Soaring, with media reports reaching $185 million. However, Trevorrow also cherished this rare experience. He said that because of the epidemic, the entire crew had to eat and live together during the filming, and could not go home, so they could only book an entire hotel near the Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. The five-month experience reminded him of the hard work and entrepreneurial style he used to make independent films, and also cultivated the camaraderie among the crew members. In the next step, he said that he hopes to step back behind the scenes and become a producer more, to be a good Bole and promoter for the younger generation in the independent film field, and hope that more debut films of new filmmakers can make their way to the big screen.
Overall box office improvement, but independent films struggle to improve
Judging by the composition of this weekend's North American box office, Colin Trevorrow's concerns are by no means unfounded. On the one hand, last weekend's North American box office total reached $208 million, not far from the same period in 2019. From June 1st to June 12th, the total North American box office from June 1st to June 12th was also due to the outstanding performance of "Jurassic World 3" and "Top Gun 2". Compared with the same time period in 2019, there is only a 3% gap left, which greatly boosts the confidence of market participants; at least to a certain extent, it also shows that the difficult period of the theater industry seems to have passed, and some media play "North American movies". Headlines like the market returning to pre-pandemic levels" are not surprising.
On the other hand, however, with 93% of the $208 million at the weekend box office coming from the top two films Jurassic World 3 and Top Gun 2, winner-take-all is not an exaggeration. For the relatively niche independent film market, only one "The Cosmos" in the first half of this year achieved outstanding box office results. Most of the other films became cannon fodder, or even entered the theater. Opportunities are not available.
At the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, which opened last week, many independent filmmakers expressed the same concern, even if it is described as a doomsday mood. This year's Tribeca unveiling film is "Halftime," a documentary starring Jennifer Lopez, a star that straddles the music and film worlds, but even with such a halo, the film has not If you can get the opportunity to be released in theaters, it will directly land on the Netflix platform on June 14.
The best-performing film in the independent film market last weekend was Disillusionment, which opened in France last year and won the César for Best Picture. The film was screened for three days in New York's two major literary film temples - Lincoln Center Cinemas and Film Forum Cinemas, and received more than $10,000 at the weekend box office. quite satisfied. After all, the weekend box office of a single venue of $5,000 is only a few hundred to more than a thousand dollars in a single venue compared to the literary films such as "Future Crime", "Prayer" and "The Phantom Of The Open" released in the same period. Weekend box office, has been ten times as much.