Opinion/BOX OFFICE

NZ box office report: Jurassic reboot leaves a big footprint

Our weekly guide to what’s happening at the Aotearoa box office.

By Steve Newall|10 Jul 2025

Box office updates thanks to Numero.

Smashing out the gate with a massive opening week, the Jurassic-verse is back in a big way with box office champ Jurassic World Rebirth, relegating F1 The Movie to second spot. How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch are third and fourth, adding to their totals thanks to the school holidays.

Jurassic World Rebirth

2025

Dir: Gareth Edwards

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Here are the top 10 films at the Aotearoa box office, July 3-9:

1. Jurassic World Rebirth (Universal) $2,342,600 (new release)
2. F1 The Movie (Warner Bros.) $1,214,657 (cume total $2,948,726)
3. How to Train Your Dragon (Universal) $960,935 (cume total $4,291,687)
4. Lilo & Stitch (Walt Disney) $448,817 (cume total $5,150,297)
5. Elio (Walt Disney) $374,294 (cume total $887,918)
6. Smurfs (Paramount) $362,464 (previews)
7. Karate Kid: Legends (Sony) $267,740 (cume total $664,447)
8. 28 Years Later (Sony) $161,756 (cume total $980,148)
9. Materialists (Sony) $78,763 (cume total $931,609)
10. The Count of Monte Cristo (Palace) $75,054 (new release)

Steve Newall

Steve has been the editor of Flicks since 2012, is heard weekly on Newstalk ZB and 95bFM, and is on the boards of Show Me Shorts Film Festival, the NZ International Fraud Film Festival and Independent Music Venues Aotearoa.

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