Jurassic Park
An adventure 65 million years in the making.
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA.Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors.However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $920M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Jurassic Park actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Jurassic Park appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Hidden Sci-Fi Gems Ranked #24
Placed at #24 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Sci-Fi Movies Ranked #26
Placed at #26 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Adventure Movies Ranked #39
Placed at #39 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #48
Placed at #48 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #113
Placed at #113 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
7 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
3 wins · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
Saturn Awards
2 wins
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Director
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1 win
- WinnerHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
1 win
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Jurassic Park returned 14.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $63M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $920M
- Release date
- Jun 11, 1993
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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