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[Box Office] ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Set to Shatter $1 BILLION Worldwide
While the country is engulfed in a massive heatwave, we’re in the midst of a holiday week that feels like it’s running through two weekends. Universal Pictures is sipping the lemonade and enjoying the monstrous success of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the latest Jurassic Park sequel that takes the dinosaurs off the island and drops them into a Gothic horror movie setting.
As of this writing, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is stomping all over the box office with wild numbers. Get this: by the end of the day it will have surpassed both $300M domestically and $700M internationally for a worldwide total of $1 billion. With a “modest” reported budget of $170M and a marketing budget to match, the Jurassic World sequel has long surpassed the profit zone and is now swimming in profits. But it’s a lesson to all of Hollywood to reign it the fuck in. Disney’s Solo: A Star Wars Story cost over $250M to produce with Warners Justice League also allegedly topping $300M. The ramifications of such outrageous budgets create the need for almost a 40% more surplus at the box office just to break even. It’s stupid.
Digressing, Jurassic World ended its run at $1.6B, while crossing $1B internationally. It’s unclear if Fallen Kindom will land in the same zone, but either way, it’s already a huge success story that warrants more sequels, theme parks, and whatever else they can conjure up (fine, I’ll buy the Dr. Pepper cans).
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Keith C. Blackmore’s book series Mountain Man is headed to the screen, with Deadline reporting today that Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”) is on board to star in the film adaptation.
The actor will also produce the upcoming zombie movie.
“Mountain Man tells the story of Gus, a lonely post-apocalyptic survivor facing isolation and the ever-present specter of a zombie attack, who struggles with alcohol abuse and suicidal thoughts until he discovers another survivor, a captivating woman who poses another threat altogether.”
John Lee (False Positive) will direct Mountain Man from a script by Matt Deller.
“John is a brilliant creative mind. We’ve been looking for the right thing to do together since we filmed Pee Wee’s Big Holiday and it’s finally here,” 3:59’s Joe and Nick Manganiello told Deadline. “Very excited to get to work on such weird, wild project with him.”
Film Bridge International is launching sales on the project in Cannes.
Blackmore’s Mountain Man series features 7 books, the first one published in 2011.
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