Jurassic World 2 Fallen Kingdom reviews: When will critics reveal their verdicts?

The first public screenings of the movie will take place in a matter of hours: at midnight tonight.

Reviews will be out today, just four hours ahead of that; at around 8pm UK time (that’s midday PT and 3:00pm ET).

The four-hour gap between embargo and release may seem a bit eyebrow-raising, but Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom won’t actually be out in the USA for a while yet.

The June 6 release date is being implemented in some select territories in a bid to dodge competition from the World Cup – something which will be less of an issue Stateside.

So in the USA, the film is out on June 22 – along with Canada and Mexico.

Many South American territories, as well as Australia, will it get the film on June 21, while China will be able to see it on June 15.

Alongside the UK, other countries getting the movie tomorrow (June 6) are Germany, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, South Korea, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan, according to IMDB.

Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Greece, Hong Kong, Croatia, Hungary, Israel, India, Italy, Cambodia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Thailand and Ukraine will be one day behind.

Bulgaria, Spain, Finland, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Norway, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, Vietnam and South Africa follow on Friday.

Last week the box office estimates were revised for the Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard-fronted sequel, and they are reasonably encouraging.

A “safe bet” in the US, according to Deadline, is somewhere in the $130-$150 million ballpark for its first weekend.

That, incidentally, is the same projection given to Solo: A Star Wars Story, before it stalled at $103 million.

The first Jurassic World movie famously astounded analysts when it was forecast to open between $110-$140 million, and ended up rocketing to a then-record-breaking $208.8 million.

Jurassic World is out tomorrow in the UK.