Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

After roaring freely over foreign territories for two weeks, the fierce and scary dinos of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom landed in the US. The reviews were not exactly stellar.

Incredibles 2 or Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom? The two summer blockbusters have chosen different strategies to conquer the world markets and so far, they have not crossed each other’s paths. The only exception: a few countries such as Russia and the UAE, where the magic powers of the Parr family managed to beat the fierce dinosaurs of Isla Nublar.

To avoid having to compete with the World Cup, an event that keeps half the population of the planet glued to its TV screens, Universal decided to let its dinos roam free and launch Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in 48 countries, delaying the domestic opening to June 22. And the strategy seems to have paid off, as the last film in the franchise based on Michael Crichton’s bestsellers and launched by Steven Spielberg back in 1993 (Spielberg is now the executive producer of the new series) attracted over $150 million.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth installment of the Jurassic franchise, took a T Rex-sized bite out of the world box office, garnering $151 million in international receipts and proving the resiliency of the Steven Spielberg/Michael Crichton series. For the second film in the Jurassic World reboot, Spanish director J.