The ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise has more than 30 years behind it and revenues of around $6 billion between the six films that have been released in all this time. However, the saga came to a standstill with ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ and in Universal They are aware that to relaunch it in style they need a big star. And the studio already knows who it wants.
Go for Scarlett
The one chosen to lead ‘Jurassic World 4’ is Scarlett Johansson, a face very recognizable to the general public thanks to her years as Marvel’s Black Widow and who currently does not have any major active franchise. Negotiations between the two began weeks ago, but there is still no definitive information about her signing.
The truth is that his choice makes all the sense in the world, since it would serve as an additional hook for a franchise that was beginning to lose momentum. For example, ‘Jurassic World’ grossed 1,671 million, ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ stayed at 1,310 million and ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ fell to 1,001 despite the returns of Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum.
Obviously, the franchise was still profitable, but the stage with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard At the front it was already exhausted and there is no way to return. And even less so doing it so quickly, since there may still be some fatigue among the public.
Let us remember that at the time something similar already happened with the original trilogysince ‘Jurassic Park’ has a box office of 1,114 million (including all subsequent re-releases, of course), ‘The Lost World’ did not exceed 618 million and ‘Jurassic Park III’ hit rock bottom with 368 million.
Of course, until the latter it was very profitable, since its budget was “only” 93 million. However, it was clear that something had to change and then we had to wait 14 years to see ‘Jurassic World’. Universal does not want to have to wait so long this time and has even closed to Gareth Edwards (‘The Creator’) to direct it.
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