Rebecca Sayce
Published December 2, 2025 5:00pm
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It has gone down in history as one of the highest-grossing film franchises ever (Picture: Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock)
One of the biggest film franchises of all time, often hailed as a ‘masterpiece’, has arrived on Amazon Prime Video.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, Jurassic Park first hit cinema screens in 1993, transforming film forever using revolutionary technology to bring dinosaurs to life before our very eyes.
Based on Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel of the same name, Jurassic Park sees wealthy businessman John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) assemble a team of experts – Dr Ellie Satler (Laura Dern), Alan Grant (Sam Neill), and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) – to visit his new attraction where a team of genetic scientists have brought dinosaurs back to life.
But the visit is plunged into chaos when industrial sabotage leads to a shutdown of the park’s power facilities, allowing the dinosaurs to escape their enclosures.
It was an instant hit at the time of its release, quickly surpassing Spielberg’s own E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to become the highest-grossing film of all time until Titanic in 1997.
Jurassic Park won 20 awards, including three Oscars, and is often considered one of the greatest summer blockbusters ever made.
The first Jurassic Park film was so successful that it spawned several sequels (Picture: Amblin/Kobal/Shutterstock)
They all revolve around a family business that, alongside scientists, de-extincts dinosaurs and creates a wildlife park (Picture: Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock)
A sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, followed in 1997, set four years after the events of the first film, in which Hammond’s nephew, Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard), takes control of InGen and intends to create a new dinosaur theme park with creatures roaming on the neighbouring island, Isla Sorna.
Hammond sends a team, led by Goldbum’s Malcolm, to the island to document the dinosaurs, with the group running into InGen along the way.
Jurassic Park III was released in 2001, in which wealthy couple Paul and Amanda Kirby (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) enlist the help of Neill’s character from the first film, Dr Grant, to retrieve their son, who has gone missing on Isla Sorna.
The franchise has gone on to generate more than $5billion (£3.7b) in revenue, making it one of the highest-grossing of all time.
The film series alone, discounting any merchandise, has earned more than $6bn (£4.5bn) worldwide, also making it one of the highest-grossing ever released.
After the original trilogy, a further four Jurassic World films were released (Picture: Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock)
The franchise has grossed more than $6billion worldwide (Picture: Universal/Everett/Shutterstock)
Where to watch all of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films
- Jurassic Park – Amazon Prime Video
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park – Amazon Prime Video
- Jurassic Park III – Amazon Prime Video
- Jurassic World – ITVX and Amazon Prime Video
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – ITVX and Amazon Prime Video
- Jurassic World Dominion – Available to rent and buy on the Sky Store, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and Rakuten TV
- Jurassic World: Rebirth – Available to rent and buy on the Sky Store, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and Rakuten TV
It led to four more installments after the original trilogy – Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World Dominion, and Jurassic World Rebirth.
The first Jurassic Park film was the first of the franchise to surpass $1bn (£755m), and was then followed by each installment of the Jurassic World films.
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Speaking about Jurassic Park’s success, Spielberg reflected on the franchise in an interview with The New York Times and explained why he believes The Lost World never achieved the same success as its predecessor.
‘My sequels aren’t as good as my originals because I go onto every sequel I’ve made and I’m too confident,’ he said.
‘This movie made a ka-zillion dollars, which justifies the sequel, so I come in like it’s going to be a slam dunk, and I wind up making an inferior movie to the one before. I’m talking about The Lost World and Jurassic Park.’
Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Jurassic Park III are streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.
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