Jurassic Park Franchise 1990–present

The Jurassic Park Franchise is an American science fiction media franchise centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs who escape confinement and terrorize the human characters. It began in 1990 when Universal Studios bought the rights to the novel by Michael Crichton before it was even published.

The book was successful, as was Steven Spielberg‘s 1993 film adaptation, which led to three sequels, although the third and fourth films were not based on novels as the first two were. Numerous video games based on the franchise have been created by various software developers since the release of the 1993 film.

The Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 25, 2011, in North America. The first film was re-released in 3D on April 5, 2013. Since 1996, several water rides based on the series have been opened at various Universal theme parks.

The fourth film, Jurassic World, was initially scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005, but was delayed numerous times and was ultimately released in June 2015. It became the first film that grossed over $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend, and has grossed over $1.6 billion through the course of its theatrical run, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of all time. When adjusted for monetary inflation, however, this film is the second highest grossing in the franchise after Jurassic Park. An animated film, Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape, was released on October 18, 2016 with the home media release of Jurassic World, alongside a short film, Employee Safety Video.

A fifth film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, is scheduled to be released on June 22, 2018. A sixth film, tentatively titled Jurassic World 3, is scheduled to be released on June 11, 2021. As of 2000, the franchise had generated $5 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Story by
Jurassic Park trilogy
Jurassic Park	June 11, 1993	Steven Spielberg	Michael Crichton and David Koepp	Gerald Molen and Kathleen Kennedy
The Lost World: Jurassic Park	May 23, 1997	David Koepp	Gerald Molen and Colin Wilson
Jurassic Park III	July 18, 2001	Joe Johnston	Peter Buchman and Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor	Kathleen Kennedy and Larry Franco
Jurassic World trilogy
Jurassic World	June 12, 2015	Colin Trevorrow	Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow	Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	June 22, 2018	J. A. Bayona	Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow	Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley and Belén Atienza
Jurassic World Dominion	June 10, 2022	Colin Trevorrow	Emily Carmichael & Colin Trevorrow	Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow

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