While the last Jurassic World – Jurassic World: Renaissance – was released in theaters this year, the saga about this world of dinosaurs, as grandiose as hostile, has become a must-see movie. Discovery of some numbers.
Makeup hours, use of special effects, Oscars, box office revenues… Integrated for more than 30 years in the masterpieces of the 7th art, the cycle Jurassic Park and Jurassic World continues to unleash passions.
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The saga of seven films is divided into two categories. On one side, Jurassic Park initiated by Steven Spielberg in 1993, followed by The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and Jurassic Park III (2001), the latter directed by Joe Johnston. This trilogy revolves around the failure of the creation of a dinosaur park by John Hammond. The Jurrasic World show for their part the successful opening of the park, which has become a major attraction. If the story continues and some characters make the connection, the tone, the style, the themes addressed and the technology differ. The first Jurassic World was created in 2015 by Colin Trevorrow, followed by Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) by Juan Antonio Bayona and Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), also by Colin Trevorrow. Jurassic World: Renaissance by Gareth Edwards is the latest in the saga (2025).
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The very first Jurassic Park won 3 Academy Awards for its visual effects, sound editing and sound mixing. Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997) was nominated for the best visual effects but did not win the famous statuette.
63 million
63 million dollars: this is the amount that would have cost the very first film of the saga: Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg, released in 1993. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) would have required $73 million and Jurassic Park III (2001) $93 million. As for Jurassic World, their budget is between 150 and 215 million dollars, with high estimates that could be around 432 million dollars according to the sources.
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Although the film focuses on the universe of dinosaurs, they are only present for 14 minutes on screen in Jurassic Park, despite a 2-hour film. The T. rex only appears for 9 minutes in this film, despite its iconic status.
2 million
To buy the rights for Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park, Universal paid no less than $2 million before the book was even published.
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About twenty different dinosaur species are present in the Jurassic World trilogy, compared to 6 in the first film. Among them, the Tyrannosaurus rex, the Velociraptors, Mosasaure, Ankylosaurus or even the Parasaurolophus.
1.6 billion
22 years after the release of the very first Jurassic Park, Jurassic World comes out in theaters, worn by Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Nick Robinson. The film is a success and generates no less than $1.6 billion at the box office, paving the way for a trilogy whose revenues generated by each release will always exceed one billion dollars. In total, the first six opus recorded revenues of approximately $5 billion.
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In Jurassic Park, 50% of the dinosaurs on the screen are life-size robots. In Jurassic World, thanks to advances in technology, almost all dinosaurs have been generated on computers.
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To create the roar of the T.rex in Jurassic Park, sound editors mixed sounds 5 times and the cries of an elephant, an alligator and a tiger. The result is a rumbling to make young and old tremble!
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Jeff Goldblum, a mythical actor playing Ian Malcolm, spent 8 hours getting his face painted in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) in order to create his scars. A long and meticulous transformation symbolizing the wounds suffered in this hostile world.
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