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,” the seventh installment in the long-running dinosaur franchise that refuses to go extinct, took a big bite out of the box office on Wednesday, earning $30.5 million. The Universal release should dominate ticket sales during the Fourth of July holiday weekend,

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