Thanks to stunning CGI advancements and quality storytelling to match, JurassicPark became a sensation that changed cinema by revealing the potential of digital imagery. If Spielberg could bring a T-rex back from extinction… what else was possible?
In 1993, audiences were charmed by Robin Williams in “Mrs. Doubtfire,” emotionally stirred by horror and heroism in “Schindler’s List” and reassured that true love exists after checking out “Sleepless in Seattle.”
The film’s popularity has only grown in the decades since, inspiring theme park rides, follow-up films and a sequel trilogy that still rules over the box office today. “Jurassic World Dominion,” which opens in the U.S. on June 10, wraps up a saga that’s nearly 30 years in the making, bringing back original stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum and franchise newbies Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. It’s a legacy that few properties in Hollywood can claim.
Then, box office watchers were hoping the movie would cross $200 million in one month — a pace that no film had ever matched. By June 22, 1993 — less than two weeks later — it became clear to industry observers that “Jurassic Park” would eclipse those heights much sooner than expected. “Now, it looks possible for the film to reach that level in as little as 23 days,” the Dailyarticle predicted.
“You have to put those numbers in perspective,” Andrew Cripps, who spearheaded the rollout of “Jurassic Park” as senior VP international sales of United Intl. Pictures, says today. “None of those international markets were anywhere near where they were today. It shows, for the time, how incredibly successful it was internationally.”
“It was one of those movies we started working on more than a year in advance,” Cripps recalls today of distribution efforts. “We got our entire global organization behind it. When we saw the dailies, it was stuff we’d never seen before.
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