While not as strong as its predecessors, Universal/Amblin’s “Jurassic World: Rebirth” is on its way to a very good start over the July 4 weekend at the box office. After earning $30 million on its opening day, the film added $25.3 million from 4,063 locations on Thursday to bring its total to $55.3 million heading into the weekend proper.

Jurassic World Rebirth' is dominating the Fourth of July box office weekend, earning $25.3 million on Thursday.

The summer tentpole opened midweek to take advantage of the long July Fourth holiday weekend. Elsewhere, Brad Patt's 'F1: The Movie' zooms past $200 million globally.