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The movie, which stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard,
is expected to hit the milestone just 13 days after its release,
the studio said.
The previous record was set by Universal's "Furious 7"
car-filled action film, which topped $1 billion globally in 17
days after its April release this year.
Over the weekend, "Jurassic World" scored the highest-grossing
second week at the domestic box office with $106.6 million,
topping $400 million in North America in 10 days.
"Jurassic World," a co-production with Legendary Pictures which
rebooted Steven Spielberg's dormant "Jurassic Park" franchise
nearly 15 years after the first trilogy ended, is the latest
film for Comcast Corp-owned Universal Pictures to score big at
the box office this year.
The studio has also enjoyed hits with February's erotic "Fifty
Shades of Grey" film and May's female-led singing comedy "Pitch
Perfect 2," and is gearing up for the release of the animated
"Minions" movie and the R-rated raunchy comedy "Ted 2" in the
summer.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Patricia Reaney and
Richard Chang)
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