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1997 • PG-13 • 2h 9m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

Something has survived.

🍅 57% 52%

59

3.13

6.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$72.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$229.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$618.60M

$389.60M international

Domestic legs3.18x

Budget$73.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum Starring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore Starring

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite Starring

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough Starring

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn Starring

ScreenplayDavid Koepp StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesJurassic Park

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 23-25 1 $72.1M — 3,281 $21,985 $74.7M

2 May 30-Jun 1 1 $34.1M −52.7% 3,282 $10,395 $141.5M

3 Jun 6-8 2 $18.6M −45.6% 3,397 $5,465 $171.1M

4 Jun 13-15 3 $12.5M −32.8% 3,565 $3,500 $190.7M

5 Jun 20-22 4 $8.0M −35.6% 3,086 $2,605 $205.0M

6 Jun 27-29 6 $4.5M −43.6% 2,607 $1,740 $213.2M

7 Jul 4-6 8 $2.6M −42.6% 1,908 $1,365 $218.3M

8 Jul 11-13 10 $1.4M −48.1% 1,422 $950 $221.1M

9 Jul 18-20 14 $701.4K −48.1% 845 $830 $222.5M

10 Jul 25-27 16 $408.7K −41.7% 556 $735 $223.4M

11 Aug 1-3 19 $259.0K −36.6% 343 $755 $223.9M

12 Aug 8-10 14 $1.1M +307.0% 830 $1,270 $225.1M

13 Aug 15-17 17 $747.6K −29.1% 787 $950 $226.4M

14 Aug 22-24 19 $472.1K −36.9% 562 $840 $227.3M

15 Aug 29-31 6 $325.4K −31.1% 493 $660 $227.8M

16 Sep 5-7 18 $212.6K −34.7% 405 $525 $228.2M

17 Sep 12-14 16 $218.4K +2.7% 367 $595 $228.5M

18 Sep 19-21 15 $184.8K −15.4% 308 $599 $228.7M

19 Sep 26-28 14 $142.6K −22.8% 230 $619 $228.9M

20 Oct 3-5 16 $90.5K −36.6% 201 $450 $229.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 22 #1 $2.6M — $2.6M — —

Fri May 23 #1 $21.6M +742% $24.2M 3,281 $6,585 1

Sat May 24 #1 $24.4M +13% $48.6M 3,281 $7,450 2

Sun May 25 #1 $26.1M +7% $74.7M 3,281 $7,950 3

Mon May 26 #1 $18.0M −31% $92.7M 3,281 $5,495 4

Tue May 27 #1 $5.7M −69% $98.4M 3,281 $1,725 5

Wed May 28 #1 $4.6M −18% $103.0M 3,281 $1,410 6

Fri Jun 20 #4 $2.3M — $199.2M 3,086 $735 29

Sat Jun 21 #4 $3.4M +49% $202.6M 3,086 $1,095 30

Sun Jun 22 #4 $2.4M −29% $205.0M 3,086 $775 31

Mon Jun 23 #4 $915.6K −62% $205.9M 3,086 $297 32

Tue Jun 24 #4 $1.1M +15% $206.9M 3,086 $341 33

Wed Jun 25 #4 $852.9K −19% $207.8M 3,086 $276 34

Thu Jun 26 #4 $912.9K +7% $208.7M 3,086 $296 35

Fri Jun 27 #6 $1.3M +44% −42% $210.0M 2,607 $505 36

Sat Jun 28 #6 $1.8M +35% −48% $211.8M 2,607 $680 37

Sun Jun 29 #6 $1.4M −18% −40% $213.2M 2,607 $555 38

Mon Jun 30 #6 $753.3K −48% −18% $214.0M 2,607 $289 39

Tue Jul 1 #7 $681.5K −10% −35% $214.7M 2,607 $261 40

Wed Jul 2 #9 $447.2K −34% −48% $215.1M 2,607 $172 41

Thu Jul 3 #8 $624.3K +40% −32% $215.7M 2,607 $239 42

Fri Jul 4 #8 $734.6K +18% −44% $216.5M 1,365 $538 43

Sat Jul 5 #8 $1.1M +53% −36% $217.6M 1,365 $825 44

Sun Jul 6 #8 $744.1K −34% −49% $218.3M 1,365 $545 45

Mon Jul 7 #9 $324.6K −56% −57% $218.7M 1,365 $238 46

Tue Jul 8 #9 $388.1K +20% −43% $219.0M 1,365 $284 47

Wed Jul 9 #9 $338.0K −13% −24% $219.4M 1,365 $248 48

Thu Jul 10 #9 $319.7K −5% −49% $219.7M 1,365 $234 49

Fri Jul 11 #10 $369.7K +16% −50% $220.1M 1,422 $260 50

Sat Jul 12 #10 $604.4K +63% −46% $220.7M 1,422 $425 51

Sun Jul 13 #10 $376.8K −38% −49% $221.1M 1,422 $265 52

Mon Jul 14 #10 $203.3K −46% −37% $221.3M 1,422 $143 53

Tue Jul 15 #10 $220.8K +9% −43% $221.5M 1,422 $155 54

Wed Jul 16 #11 $176.7K −20% −48% $221.7M 1,422 $124 55

Thu Jul 17 #11 $172.1K −3% −46% $221.8M 1,422 $121 56

Fri Jul 18 #15 $202.8K +18% −45% $222.0M 845 $240 57

Sat Jul 19 #15 $304.2K +50% −50% $222.3M 845 $360 58

Sun Jul 20 #15 $194.3K −36% −48% $222.5M 845 $230 59

Mon Jul 21 #14 $106.1K −45% −48% $222.6M 845 $126 60

Tue Jul 22 #14 $116.9K +10% −47% $222.8M 845 $138 61

Wed Jul 23 #15 $104.8K −10% −41% $222.9M 845 $124 62

Thu Jul 24 #14 $109.9K +5% −36% $223.0M 845 $130 63

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$223.0M

May 22Jun 23Jul 4Jul 14Jul 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $408.7K

$72.1M

$34.1M

$18.6M

$12.5M

$8.0M

$4.5M

$2.6M

$1.4M

$701.4K

$408.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,281 → 845 −74.2%

3,281 open845 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.7%

−52.7%

W1→2

−45.6%

W2→3

−32.8%

W3→4

−35.6%

W4→5

−43.6%

W5→6

−42.6%

W6→7

−48.1%

W7→8

−48.1%

W8→9

−41.7%

W9→10

Steepest −52.7%Best hold −32.8%

Run milestones

$200M in 30 days

$100M

Day 6

May 28

$200M

Day 30

Jun 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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