With Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Chris Pratt might just win back the summer from Josh Brolin

Who will be the summer’s first US$4 billion man? Brolin’s films have grossed more than US$2.4 billion, with another still to come out, but films with Pratt as star could eclipse that total if Jurassic World sequel performs like the first one

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Chris Pratt in a still from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Published: 3:38pm, 4 Jun 2018Updated: 3:40pm, 4 Jun 2018

The beginning of the popcorn movie season has been Josh Brolin’s to own so far, but this month, another franchise-heavy actor might have something to say about that.

Brolin starred as the big baddie Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and as the anti-hero Cable in Deadpool 2 – meaning that his 2018 movies have already grossed a total of more than US$2.4 billion worldwide (and his Sicario sequel, Day of the Soldado, is still due out on June 29).

But Chris Pratt stole a few scenes of his own in Infinity War, including a crucial moment when his character Star-Lord’s hot-headed idiocy (spoiler!) thwarts the team’s defeat of Thanos (a blunder for which Pratt is newly on the semi-defensive).

And now, Pratt returns with his other big franchise, starring in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. If the sequel, which opens June 22, can rival Pratt’s first Jurassic turn, then he may yet be the box-office king of the summer – potentially topping Paul Bettany’s twin recent outings (Infinity War and Solo: A Star Wars Story , which have so far grossed more than US$2 billion combined), as well.