Speaking to the Spanish-language magazine El Pais Seminal (via SciFied), Bayona revealed that Jurassic World 2 has a budget of $260 million, a significant increase from the $150 million budget reported for Jurassic World.
Jurassic World successfully relaunched the Jurassic Park brand on the big screen in 2015, taking in a massive worldwide box office haul of $1.67 billion and all but guaranteeing that co-writer/director Colin Trevorrow’s vision of a Jurassic World trilogy will, in fact, be realized.
The larger budget can no doubt be chalked up to a few factors, among them bigger salaries for returning Jurassic World stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, who are reprising their respective roles as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing in the sequel.
[UPDATE: /Film is citing a “reliable source in the Jurassic World camp” as saying the budget for Jurassic World 2 has not yet been finalized and that the cost isn’t expected to fall even near $260 million, at this stage.