A 1993 American science fiction film about a tropical-island theme park stocked with cloned dinosaurs that escape containment during a preview visit.
Production
Steven Spielberg directed Universal’s $63 million adaptation of Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel. Industrial Light and Magic combined Stan Winston’s animatronic dinosaurs with then-unprecedented computer-generated creatures, a hybrid approach that became the industry standard.
Reception
The film opened in June 1993 and earned around $1.05 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film made up to that point. Reviews were largely positive and ten special-effects houses sprouted in the wake of its CGI breakthroughs.
Legacy
Jurassic Park accelerated the industry shift from practical to digital effects, fueled a franchise of six theatrical films through 2025, and launched the modern dinosaur-as-spectacle template still in use.