Yesterday, we reported thatJurassic Worldeasily took the top spot at thebox office, with an estimated tally of $204.6 million. This put it just shy of theopening weekend box office recordset byMarvel’s The Avengerswith $207.4 million in 2012. Today,Deadlinereports that the actual figures have come in, withJurassic Worldearning a higher-than-estimated $208.8 million to secure the all-time record for highest domestic opening weekend.
We also reported yesterday thatJurassic Worldbecame the first movie in history to earn over $500 million worldwide in one weekend, with its international gross of $307.2 million falling just shy ofHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2’s international opening weekend record of $314 million. Today’s final figures also reveal thatJurassic Worldended up breaking this record as well, earning $315.3 million in 66 global markets, for a record-breaking worldwide tally of $524.1 million. With this massiveopening weekendin the books,Jurassic Worldwill almost surely break yet another record by becoming the fastest movie to reach $1 billion worldwide. Another Universal Pictures movie,Furious 7, secured that record in April by reaching the milestone in just 17 days, surpassingMarvel’s The Avengers,AvatarandHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which took 19 days to reach $1 billion.
TheJurassic World box officeperformance also helped Universal Pictures set more box office records, as the fastest studio to reach $3 billion worldwide, passing 20th Century Fox, which surpassed $3 billion on July 31, 2025. The studio also became the fastest to reach $1 billion domestically, passing Paramount’s milestone reached on June 08, 2025. April’sFurious 7was the studio’s first movie ever to cross $1 billion worldwide during its initial theatrical run, and it surely won’t take long forJurassic Worldto joinFurious 7. What do you think aboutJurassic WorldbreakingMarvel’s The Avengers' opening weekend box office records?
