Can Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Outdo its Predecessor?

<p>It’s fair to say that the next installment of the rebooted Jurassic World franchise looks epic but&comma; whether it can outdo its hugely successful predecessor is another question&period; <em>Jurassic World&colon; Fallen Kingdom<&sol;em> is set for release on June 11th but&comma; for it to be more commercially successful than Jurassic World&comma; it will have to rake in &dollar;1&period;7 billion worldwide&period; The 2015 offering is the fourth-highest grossing movie of all time and was somewhat of a shock success&period; The new title from Universal Pictures will come out to a ready-made audience who enjoy the various titles in the ever-expanding Jurassic franchise though and&comma; for this reason&comma; has a chance to usurp its predecessor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western">Jurassic World Franchise Set to Get Even Bigger<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;bPpFdyEioGs" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The success of 2015’s <em>Jurassic World<&sol;em> from Colin Trevorrow sprouted a large number of games and other merchandise to draw more people into the franchise&period; Crossing into other platforms such as console gaming and iGaming can be a sure-fire way to boost audience figures&comma; and is a tried and tested method employed by other franchises such as <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An updated version of <em>Jurassic Park Builder<&sol;em> came out for iOS shortly before the 2015 cinematic reboot was released to help with promotion&period; <em>Jurassic World&colon; The Game<&sol;em> was developed by Ludia&comma; and it put players in the position of being in charge of the theme park on Isla Nublar&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;lego-jurassic-park-now-available-ios-android&sol;"><i>Lego Jurassic World from Traveller’s Tales<&sol;i><&sol;a> was released at the same time as the 2015 movie&comma; and the popular puzzle game was made available across numerous platforms including Xbox and PlayStation&period; To attract players in the booming online casino industry&comma; Microgaming released a <em>Jurassic World<&sol;em> slot which was a<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mrgamez&period;com&sol;microgaming&sol;jurassic-world&sol;"> follow up to their award-winning Jurassic Park offering<&sol;a>&period; In addition to all of these games&comma; there was a title in development called <em>Jurassic World Survivor<&sol;em>&period; This was cancelled&comma; though&comma; after developers Cryptic Studios had to close their Seattle location&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In anticipation of the new installment of the rebooted series&comma; there will be yet more games designed to widen the film’s appeal to a larger audience base&period; <em>Jurassic World Evolution<&sol;em> from Frontier Games is a business simulation video game for PlayStation 4&comma; Xbox One&comma; and Microsoft Windows which is set to be released at exactly the same time as <em>Fallen Kingdom<&sol;em>&period; Players construct their own Jurassic World style theme park with the ability to also create their own dinosaurs&period; The game will be narrated by returning franchise star Jeff Goldblum&period; Universal also announced that there would be a <em>Pokémon Go<&sol;em>-style <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;2018&sol;3&sol;7&sol;17090294&sol;jurassic-world-alive-pokemon-go-ar-augmented-reality-game">game for mobile called Jurassic World Alive<&sol;a>&period; Players will be able to collect dinosaurs and pit them against one another in battle&comma; as well as make their own species using hybrid DNA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western">What Can We Expect From the New Installment&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;NooW&lowbar;RbfdWI" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the franchise already massive&comma; there should be a vast number of returning viewers when <em>Fallen Kingdom<&sol;em> hits screens this summer&period; However&comma; if it is going to break the records set by <em>Jurassic World<&sol;em>&comma; it will also need to garner a strong critical response&period; The 2015 reboot earned a fairly impressive score of 71 percent on Rotten Tomatoes&comma; and J&period;A Bayona will be confident that this can be beaten&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The latest dinosaur romp does have some other factors working its favor that should help to pull in mass audiences&period; One of these is the return of Chris Pratt as Owen Grady&comma; who was a major hit in the last adventure&period; Pratt has rapidly risen to the level of Hollywood A-lister in recent years&comma; and he now has the same kind of pulling power as the likes of Johnny Depp&period; Fans of the original films will also be extremely excited to see the return of Goldblum&comma; who was loved for providing the humor in the original <em>Jurassic Park<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is a slight risk that the change of director may have an adverse effect on the latest offering from Universal Pictures&period; Trevorrow has been credited with successfully taking the reins from the legendary Steven Spielberg and putting his own spin on the franchise&period; The 41-year-old has co-written the new installment alongside Derek Connolly&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;independent&period;co&period;uk&sol;arts-entertainment&sol;films&sol;news&sol;jurassic-world-2-trailer-fallen-kingdom-youtube-watch-new-hd-break-down-director-ja-bayona-a8097711&period;html">but Bayona has taken his seat in the director’s chair<&sol;a>&period; Many will also remember how <em>The Lost World&colon; Jurassic Park<&sol;em> fell massively short of <em>Jurassic Park<&sol;em> in terms of box office revenue&period; The 1993 original made &dollar;914 million worldwide on its debut release&comma; while the 1997 sequel only pulled in &dollar;618 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Jurassic World franchise is much stronger now than it was in the 1990&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; and the fact that it has branched out into games on various devices should help to encourage people to watch the new film&period; Whether it manages to outdo its predecessor will likely come down to the quality of the storyline and the critical response&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Do you think <em>Jurassic World&colon; Fallen Kingdom<&sol;em> will surpass the success of its predecessor&quest; Let us know in the comments section&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;