The original Jurassic Park film was released in 1993.
Directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel, the film premiered in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 1993, before its wider United States release on June 11. It became one of the defining blockbuster films of the 1990s.
Jurassic Park combined computer-generated imagery from Industrial Light & Magic with large animatronic dinosaurs created by Stan Winston’s studio. That blend helped make the creatures appear unusually lifelike for the period. The film’s success launched a long-running multimedia franchise, including sequels, animated series, novels, games, and theme-park attractions.
A common mix-up is confusing the film’s release year with the publication year of Crichton’s novel, which was 1990. The first sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, arrived in 1997, four years after the original film.