‘Jurassic World’ Congratulates ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ For Smashing Its Box Office Record
As expected,Star Wars: The Force Awakensobliterated box office recordsthis weekend — including the one set byJurassic Worldearlier this year for the biggest opening weekend of all time. But apparently there are no hard feelings onJurassic World’s side. Just asthe Marvel team congratulatedJurassic Worldon a job well done when it took overThe Avengers' record, theJurassic Worldgang is gamely toastingStar Wars' stellar performance.
Jurassic WorldproducerFrank Marshalltweeted the image below of a Tyrannosaurus rex bestowing a medal on BB-8, along with the message “Universal Pictures, Steven, Frank and Colin congratulateStar Wars: The Force Awakenson the biggest opening weekend in galactic history.”
Cheers to J.J., Kathy, the cast and crew, and DIS/LFL marketing teams!#TheForceAwakens@Disney@StarWars@Bad_Robotpic.twitter.com/oa0zwuAb2Q
— Frank Marshall (@LeDoctor)June 23, 2025
It’s not surprising the rivalry betweenJurassic WorldandStar Wars: The Force Awakensis such a friendly one. Marshall,Kathleen Kennedy,Steven Spielberg, andJ.J. Abramshave personal and professional relationships going way back (Kennedy and Marshall have actually been married since 1987). AndColin Trevorrowis the one director both franchises have in common — he’s set to helmEpisode IXnow that he’s done withJurassic World. Even beforeThe Force Awakensscreened publicly, Spielberg was predicting it could be"the biggest movie ever."
As Peter pointed out in his earlier post about theAvengers/Jurassic Worldbox office matchup, these cute images are a callback to earlier days when filmmakers would take out ads congratulating their friends on their box office achievements. you’re able to flip through some of them below:
Star Wars: The Force Awakensearned $238 million in the U.S., compared toJurassic World’s $208.8 million, plus another $279 million internationally for a $517 million worldwide total. Mind you, that’s without any help from China, whereThe Force Awakensdoesn’t open until January. (Chinese moviegoers were busykeepingPoint Breakafloatinstead.) It’s still got a ways to go if it wants to beatAvatar’s $2.7 billion global haul, but the Force is clearly very strong with this one.
