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In the original 1993 film 鈥淛urassic Park,鈥� Jeff Goldblum hysterically says that the car he鈥檚 in 鈥渕ust go faster鈥� as they drive away from a T. Rex.

It would be hard for the newest 鈥淛urassic鈥� movie, 鈥淛urassic World,鈥� to gross money any faster. In its initial box office report for this weekend, the Hollywood Reporter聽wrote that聽the film was on track to hit $1 billion worldwide, and will hit $1 billion faster than any movie in history. Now聽Entertainment Weekly聽is reporting that the film has indeed hit $1 billion.

鈥淲orld鈥� topped the domestic box office again this past weekend, taking in more than $106 million domestically, according to EW.聽

The new film is the fourth in the 鈥淛urassic鈥� franchise. The series debuted with the original 1993 film and was followed by 鈥淭he Lost World鈥� and 鈥淛urassic Park III,鈥� neither of which were as well received critically as the original movie. The plot centers around scientists who are able to recreate dinosaurs from prehistoric DNA. In the newest movie, a dinosaur theme park has been created for families to visit, but things go badly wrong when those behind the park decide to create a dangerous new creature.

This new movie didn鈥檛 receive a great critical reception 鈥� it currently holds a score of 59 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic and Monitor film critic Peter Rainer gave the movie a B- grade, writing, 鈥渋n terms of its thrills and graphic design, it still looks聽like a low-to-mid-range Spielberg effort 鈥� [the] chemistry [of leads Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard], as inevitably they flee [dinosaur] Indominus and Co., is聽something of a fizzle, and the two boys [who are Howard鈥檚 character鈥檚 nephews] are never sharply enough defined聽to make us care if they get gobbled or not. And since we know they won鈥檛聽be, the tension with these two is even slacker. But [director Colin] Trevorrow and his co-screenwriters (Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Derek Connolly) do bring聽some nice low-key touches to the thudfest, and action is satisfying, if not聽galvanizing.鈥�

But despite the reviews, the promise of dinosaurs, action scenes, and the critics who called it a fun adventure, despite its faults, brought in moviegoers.聽

According to the website Box Office Mojo, if 鈥淲orld鈥� does reach $1 billion, as it seems destined to do, it will be in such company as director James Cameron鈥檚 films 鈥淎vatar鈥� and 鈥淭itanic,鈥� both movies about the Marvel superhero ensemble the 鈥淎vengers,鈥� and the newest 鈥淔ast and the Furious鈥� movie 鈥淔urious 7,鈥� among others.