29 Years Ago, Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’ Reinvented the Blockbuster and Stomped Its Way to Box Office Domination

UPDATED, 3:13 p.m.: Universal Pictures announced today that Steven Spielberg’s latest film The Fabelmans will open exclusively in L.A. and NY on Friday, November 11—expanding on the film’s previously announced release date of November 23rd.

Naman Ramachandran Universal’s “Jurassic World: Dominion” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second weekend in a row with £5.7 million ($7 million) for a total of £21.7 million, according to numbers released by Comscore.In its fourth weekend, Paramount’s Tom Cruise vehicle “Top Gun: Maverick” collected a lofty £4.2 million in second place to soar to £57.3 million.Disney’s Toy Story franchise film “Lightyear” debuted in third place with £3.7 million, while Lionsgate’s critically acclaimed “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” debuted in fourth position with £238,640.Rounding off the top five was Disney’s “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness” in its seventh weekend for a total of £41.8 million.

An adventure 60 million years in the making, Jurassic Park sparked five sequels, becoming one of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA powerfully impressive opening by “Jurassic World Dominion” and a partial reopening of cinemas gave China its biggest box office weekend in more than three months. The dinosaur franchise movie earned $53 million (RMB355 million) in three days in China, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. The film chewed off a massive 88% share of the total weekend market.

J. Kim Murphy “Jurassic World Dominion” is the new apex predator at the box office.Universal’s dino-sequel is expected to earn $142.6 million from 4,676 theaters across North America over the weekend, which would mark the highest domestic opening for a non-superhero film since COVID-19 lockdowns were first introduced.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUniversal’s “Jurassic World Dominion” continues to cast a shadow over the worldwide box office.The film opens in 57 new markets this weekend, including China, where it’s grossed $15.3 million. The international haul for the sequel stands at a healthy $95.1 million.China, which has not been that receptive to Hollywood films, was a bright spot.

“Jurassic World Dominion,” the third film in the rebooted “Jurassic” franchise of movies led by Chris Pratt, made $18 million at the box office Thursday in its initial preview showings that began at 4 p.m. from 4,150 screens. It opens on 4,676 screens this weekend.

Jurassic Park is iconic, but Lex Murphy's wide-eyed fear, a spoonful of green Jell-O shaking in her hand as she sees the shadow of an approaching raptor, has to be one of the most memorable moments. And while Ariana Richards, who played Murphy in the 1993 movie and had a cameo in the 1997 sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park, doesn't appear in the latest installment, , she did attend the red carpet premiere.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Now 42 and a painter, Richards appeared at the Hollywood premiere in a denim pantsuit paired with a white clutch and statement ring. On the red carpet, she also playfully stuck her head inside a T-Rex's mouth.

“Jurassic World: Dominion” hitting theaters soon, there’s no time like the present to revisit the franchise. Below, we’ve put together a handy list of where every “Jurassic” movie is currently streaming.“Jurassic Park”“The Lost World: Jurassic Park”“Jurassic Park III”“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”2015’s “Jurassic World” is not currently streaming, but is available to rent from all major retailers.And of course, all of these films are currently available to purchase on Blu-ray or on Digital, including as part of a 5-movie collection on 4K.Jurassic ParkIt all began with the original: “Jurassic Park.” The first film, released in 1993 and directed by Steven Spielberg, finds a wealthy businessman named John Hammond (played by Richard Attenborough) inviting a paleontologist (Sam Neill), a paleobotonist (Laura Dern) and a mathematician (Jeff Goldblum) to a secret island where he’s used cloned dinosaur DNA to populate a potential theme park full of the extinct creatures.

“Jurassic World: Dominion” and Neill, 74, recently chatted with GQ about meeting the princess of Wales, whom he sat next to during the film premiere in England.“When we went to London, I was sitting beside Princess Diana, and she was jumping out of her skin. That was fun,” the New Zealander said.“I’d seen [the movie] three or four times by then,” the “Tudors” star went on.

Laura Dern’s back in business. ‘I just love this character,’ she says of her palaeobotanist from Steven Spielberg’s 1993 dinosaur classic Jurassic Park. ‘I feel blessed to get to play her again.

Jeff Goldblum is looking back to the red carpet premieres he first attended for as he walks the red carpet at the premiere of the latest installment almost 30 years later.Goldblum, 69, walked the carpet at the world premiere of in Hollywood on Monday, and he spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about the legacy of the film and his memories of the star-studded premieres that went down in 1993.«There were, you know, there were a few, with things like this.... I'll tell you, you know, the first one we had, I'm remembering London,» Goldblum shared. «We showed it to — speaking of the Jubilee, the Platinum Jubilee — we showed it to Princess Diana and we had a kind of a royal screening.»«Steven Spielberg was here, Sam Neil was here, Princess Diana was here, you know, and we showed we showed them the movie,» Goldblum recalled.When asked about getting to stand next to Princess Diana at the time, Goldblum interjected, «Not standing, sitting!»As Goldblum recalls, he sat next to the Princess of Wales and the pair even shared popcorn, apparently.«That's all I can say,» Goldblum joked. «No, I was very much a gentleman and she was a spectacular lady.»For Goldblum, the fact that this franchise has spanned this long is almost unimaginable.«Yes, 30 years, jeez. I never did anything that lasted 30 years, like, this is kind of an amazing, you know, trippy little experience,» he shared.

Moviegoers aren’t losing that loving feeling for Top Gun: Maverick this weekend as the movie is destined to become Tom Cruise’s top-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office with $273.6M. The 3x Oscar nominee’s previous high earning title was Steven Spielberg’s 2005 sci-fi title War of the Worlds at $234M.