Gareth Edwards’ upcoming sci-fi sequel Jurᴀssic World Rebirth will reset the franchise after a disastrous conclusion to the previous trilogy, and therefore both its budget and box office expectations are understandably high. Its high-profile cast is headlined by Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali, with Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Ed Skrein in supporting roles.

Jurᴀssic World Rebirth picks up five years after the events of Jurᴀssic World Dominion, by which time all surviving dinosaurs have settled into a few tropical climates. Scarlett Johansson’s Zora Bennett leads a team onto a remote island in search of the largest remaining dinosaurs, but their expedition takes a ᴅᴇᴀᴅly turn when they discover the mutated dinosaurs that still inhabit the island.

The early Jurᴀssic Park movies set special effects standards in the franchise’s infancy, and their overall success has led to bloated production budgets ever since. That peaked with Jurᴀssic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Jurᴀssic World Dominion, which both had all-in production costs (including marketing) reportedly over $500 million.

Naturally, the franchise’s track record has yielded familiar questions about Jurᴀssic World Rebirth. While it still carries a summer tent pole blockbuster price tag, it’s a far cry from its predecessors.

Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s Budget Is Reportedly $180 Million

The Budget Is Scaled Back Significantly From The Franchise’s Previous Movie

The reported production budget for Jurᴀssic World Rebirth is around $180 million, putting it behind all three most recent Jurᴀssic World movies. That number will eventually get larger after marketing, but as it stands, that budget is much more in line with the average summer blockbuster as opposed to the stratospheric costs of other Jurᴀssic World franchise movies.

Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s Opening Weekend Box Office Projections

It Should Have One Of The Summer’s Best Openings

Early box office projections for Jurᴀssic World Rebirth have it on pace for one of the best openings of 2025. It will of course be helped by the holiday weekend; with the 4th of July on a Friday, the first major showings will occur on Wednesday, July 2nd. The current consensus places the movie’s five-day opening weekend projection at $115-$135 million.

That would put it have it threatening (although likely still short) of projections for some of the summer’s other mᴀssive blockbusters, including the MCU’s latest entry in Fantastic Four: First Steps and the new DCU’s first movie, James Gunn’s Superman. However, if that projection holds, it would also be the lowest opening weekend for any Jurᴀssic World movie.

That projection is admittedly fairly conservative, and it’s entirely realistic that Jurᴀssic World Rebirth could come in closer to $125-$145 during the five-day opening weekend when all is said and done. Positive early reactions for Rebirth could yield excellent word of mouth for the standalone sequel, driving its box office return even higher.

Jurᴀssic World Rebirth Needs To Make $450 Million To Be A Box Office Success

It Needs To Earn Roughly 2.5x Its Budget