THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS stretches its success a second week with $40 million from 4,125 theatres for Disney. This brings its tally to $198 million domestically.

Second up is a debuting THE BAD GUYS 2 with $22.2 million from 3,852 theatres for Universal Pictures. It almost matches its 2022 predecessor which had a $23 million opening. This earns 84% on the Tomatometer.

THE NAKED GUN debuts in third with $17 million from 3,344 theatres for Paramount Pictures. This gets a stellar 90% on the Tomatometer! Top opening for the Franchise still belongs to 1991’s THE SMELL OF FEAR, a $22 million debut.

SUPERMAN is in fourth with $13.9 million, a total $315 million grossed over four weekends for Warner Bros.

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH lands in fifth with $8.7 million for Universal Pictures, a five week of $317 million.

A huge opening for THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS this weekend with a $125 million debut from 4,125 theatres for Marvel/Disney. Not only this, it gets stellar reviews at 88% on the Tomatometer. This easily bests its previous franchise record of a $58 million opening back in 2007 with RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. It’s clobbering time, indeed!

Second goes to SUPERMAN with $24.5 million in its third weekend out, taking it to $289 million for Warner Bros. domestically.

Up for third is JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH with $13 million in its fourth weekend out for Universal Pictures. To date it has grossed $301 million.

Fourth is F1 with $6.3 million for Sony Pictures, a two week run of $165 million.

Rounding things out is SMURFS with $5.6 million, a two week tally of $23 million for Paramount Pictures.

SUPERMAN is pure kryptonite in its debut, opening with a smashing $120 million from 4,135 theatres for Warner Bros. Best opening for the SUPERMAN franchise still goes to 2016’s BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, with $166 million. Critics enjoyed James Gunn‘s fun take, giving it 82% on the Tomatometer.

Second up is JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH with $37 million in its second frame for Universal Pictures, a total run of $229.1 million domestically so far.

Third is F1 with $10.7 million, taking it to $133.8 million for Warner Bros. in its third weekend.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON secures fourth spot with $5.7 million, a tally of $237 million over five weekends for Universal Pictures.

ELIO rounds it out with $3.1 million, taking it to $62 million in its fourth weekend for Disney/Pixar.

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH towers over the competition with a smashing July 4th weekend debut of $85.4 million from 4,063 theatres for Universal Pictures. Reviews have been mixed for this installment of the franchise starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali, coming in at 51% on the Tomatometer. Franchise best still goes to 2015’s JURASSIC WORLD with $208 million.

Next up is last week’s champ F1, with $25 million from 3,732 theatres in its second weekend. This brings its total to $108 million for Warner Bros.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON flies into third with $9 million, bringing its run to $222 million domestically for Universal Pictures.

Fourth is Disney and Pixar’s ELIO with $4.9 million, a total $54.2 million grossed to date.

Rounding things out is 28 YEARS LATER with $4.3 million, a run of $60 million for Sony Pictures.

In celebration of the hotly anticipated new movie, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Universal Pictures Canada is teaming up with the Royal Ontario Museum for Jurassic Weekend—a two-day prehistoric party where dinosaurs rule once again. Running June 28 and 29, 2025, all ages are invited to explore the world of ROM’s iconic dino collection through hands-on activities, scavenger hunts, and dynamic guided tours, all included with museum admission.

Jurassic Weekend is your ticket to the Mesozoic—no time machine required. Guests can get hands-on with real fossils in the Age of Dinosaurs Gallery, examine real and replica dino teeth, and discover what was really on the prehistoric menu (herbivore or carnivore?). Daring explorers can even handle fossilized dino skin and—yes—fossilized poop! Budding paleontologists can imagine life among giants.

Throughout both days, don’t miss Dino-mite Tours: dynamic, family-friendly journeys through the museum’s stunning dino displays. Young adventurers can test their paleontology skills in Fossil Quest: Dino Detectives Unite! scavenger hunts for a chance to win a dino-mite prize pack. Guests can also explore the ROM’s ancient secrets with a special Trail Guide highlighting dinosaurs, mammals, and birds—perfect for anyone wanting a self-guided look at the museum’s prehistoric wonders.

As part of the festivities, visitors can enter an exclusive contest to win advance tickets to the Fan-First Early Screening of Jurassic World: Rebirth before its release on July 2, 2025. Exclusive movie collectibles and activity sheets will be available while supplies last. All Jurassic Weekend activities are free with museum admission—just bring your sense of adventure!

More information about the programming can be found at https://www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/special-programs/jurassic-weekend.

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH.

Screenings take place as follows on Monday, June 30, 2025:

Toronto: Scotiabank Theatre

Montreal (EN): Cinema Banque Scotia

Vancouver: Scotiabank Theatre

Synopsis:

A new era is born. This summer, three years after the Jurassic World trilogy concluded with each film surpassing $1 billion at the global box office, the enduring Jurassic series evolves in an ingenious new direction with Jurassic World Rebirth.

Anchored by iconic action superstar Scarlett Johansson, Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey and two-time Oscar® winner Mahershala Ali, this action-packed new chapter sees an extraction team race to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park, inhabited by the worst of the worst that were left behind.

Also starring acclaimed international stars Rupert Friend and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, the film is directed by dynamic visualist Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) from a script by original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp.

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 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.

Ali is Duncan Kincaid, Zora’s most trusted team member; Critics Choice and Olivier Award winner Jonathan Bailey (Wicked, Bridgerton) plays paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis; Emmy nominee Rupert Friend (Homeland, Obi-Wan Kenobi) appears as Big Pharma representative Martin Krebs and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Lincoln Lawyer, Murder on the Orient Express) plays Reuben Delgado, the father of the shipwrecked civilian family.

The cast includes Luna Blaise (Manifest), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Audrina Miranda (Lopez vs. Lopez) as Reuben’s family. The film also features, as members of Zora and Krebs’ crews, Philippine Velge (Station Eleven), Bechir Sylvain (BMF) and Ed Skrein (Deadpool).

Jurassic World Rebirth is directed by BAFTA winner Edwards from a script by Koepp (War of the Worlds), based on characters created by Michael Crichton. The film is produced by Oscar® nominee Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, both longtime Jurassic franchise producers and of last summer’s blockbuster, Twisters. The film is executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart and Jim Spencer.

Genre: Epic Action-Adventure

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, Ed Skrein

Director: Gareth Edwards

Screenplay by: David Koepp, based on characters created by Michael Crichton

Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley

Executive Producers: Steven Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart, Jim Spencer

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A new era is born. This summer, three years after the Jurassic World trilogy concluded with each film surpassing $1 billion at the global box office, the enduring Jurassic series evolves in an ingenious new direction with Jurassic World Rebirth.

Anchored by iconic action superstar Scarlett Johansson, Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey and two-time Oscar® winner Mahershala Ali, this action-packed new chapter sees an extraction team race to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park, inhabited by the worst of the worst that were left behind.

Also starring acclaimed international stars Rupert Friend and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, the film is directed by dynamic visualist Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) from a script by original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp.

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 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.

Ali is Duncan Kincaid, Zora’s most trusted team member; Critics Choice and Olivier Award winner Jonathan Bailey (Wicked, Bridgerton) plays paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis; Emmy nominee Rupert Friend (Homeland, Obi-Wan Kenobi) appears as Big Pharma representative Martin Krebs and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Lincoln Lawyer, Murder on the Orient Express) plays Reuben Delgado, the father of the shipwrecked civilian family.

The cast includes Luna Blaise (Manifest), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Audrina Miranda (Lopez vs. Lopez) as Reuben’s family. The film also features, as members of Zora and Krebs’ crews, Philippine Velge (Station Eleven), Bechir Sylvain (BMF) and Ed Skrein (Deadpool).

Jurassic World Rebirth is directed by BAFTA winner Edwards from a script by Koepp (War of the Worlds), based on characters created by Michael Crichton. The film is produced by Oscar® nominee Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, both longtime Jurassic franchise producers and of last summer’s blockbuster, Twisters. The film is executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart and Jim Spencer.

Genre: Epic Action-Adventure

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, Ed Skrein

Director: Gareth Edwards

Screenplay by: David Koepp, based on characters created by Michael Crichton

Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley

Executive Producers: Steven Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart, Jim Spencer

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH arrives in theatres July 2, 2025 and today we get a new Trailer!

A new era is born. This summer, three years after the Jurassic World trilogy concluded with each film surpassing $1 billion at the global box office, the enduring Jurassic series evolves in an ingenious new direction with Jurassic World Rebirth.

Anchored by iconic action superstar Scarlett Johansson, Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey and two-time Oscar® winner Mahershala Ali, this action-packed new chapter sees an extraction team race to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park, inhabited by the worst of the worst that were left behind.

Also starring acclaimed international stars Rupert Friend and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, the film is directed by dynamic visualist Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) from a script by original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp.

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 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.

Ali is Duncan Kincaid, Zora’s most trusted team member; Critics Choice and Olivier Award winner Jonathan Bailey (Wicked, Bridgerton) plays paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis; Emmy nominee Rupert Friend (Homeland, Obi-Wan Kenobi) appears as Big Pharma representative Martin Krebs and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Lincoln Lawyer, Murder on the Orient Express) plays Reuben Delgado, the father of the shipwrecked civilian family.

The cast includes Luna Blaise (Manifest), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Audrina Miranda (Lopez vs. Lopez) as Reuben’s family. The film also features, as members of Zora and Krebs’ crews, Philippine Velge (Station Eleven), Bechir Sylvain (BMF) and Ed Skrein (Deadpool).

Jurassic World Rebirth is directed by BAFTA winner Edwards from a script by Koepp (War of the Worlds), based on characters created by Michael Crichton. The film is produced by Oscar® nominee Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, both longtime Jurassic franchise producers and of last summer’s blockbuster, Twisters. The film is executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart and Jim Spencer.

Genre: Epic Action-Adventure

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, Ed Skrein

Director: Gareth Edwards

Screenplay by: David Koepp, based on characters created by Michael Crichton

Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley

Executive Producers: Steven Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart, Jim Spencer

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER roars in its opening weekend, taking $135 million from 4,375 theatres for Disney. This fourth film in the Thor franchise gets 67% on the Tomatometer, which still didn’t deter Moviegoers from making this the fifth-highest opening of all time for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, top spot still belonging to Avengers: Endgame which debuted with $357 million in 2019.

Second spot goes to MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, last weekend’s #1 Film, with $47.2 million from 4,426 theatres, a total $205 million over two weekends for Universal Pictures.

Third belongs to the ever-resilient TOP GUN: MAVERICK with $14.6 million from 4,513 theatres for Paramount Pictures. This takes its domestic run just shy of $600 million.

ELVIS is still in the building in fourth spot with $11 million from 3,714 theatres, a four week total of $93 million for Warner Bros.

JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION takes $8.1 million this weekend, taking its run to $351 million for Universal Pictures.

MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU shows them who’s boss this Canada Day/Fourth of July weekend, with a record-breaking $108.5 million from 4,391 theatres, Friday to Sunday for Universal Pictures. Previous record was set by TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON with $97.9 million for the three-day Holiday weekend in 2011. This latest installment in the Franchise gets a passing 71% on the Tomatometer.

In second is TOP GUN: MAVERICK, flying high still with $25.5 million from 3,843 theatres for Paramount Pictures. It has grossed $570 million now over six weekends.

Third is last week’s champ, just getting edged-out for second. ELVIS brings-in $19 million from 3,932 theatres for Warner Bros., a total $72.3 million over two weekends.

Fourth belongs to JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION with $15.6 million for Universal Pictures, a total $335 million in its fourth weekend.

At the bottom of the Top Five is THE BLACK PHONE with $12.3 million from 3,156 theatres for Universal Pictures. It reaches just shy of $50 million in its second weekend!