Which 1993 dinosaur film directed by Spielberg broke box office records?

The 1993 dinosaur film directed by Spielberg that broke box-office records was Jurassic Park. Based on Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel, it imagines a Costa Rican island where scientists recreate dinosaurs using genetic engineering for a theme park.

The film stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. Its central disaster begins when security systems fail and the park’s cloned dinosaurs escape containment, turning a planned tourist attraction into a fight for survival.

Jurassic Park was a landmark in visual effects. Industrial Light & Magic combined computer-generated imagery with full-scale mechanical creatures, creating dinosaurs that looked convincing to audiences in 1993. The film won three Academy Awards for technical achievements, including visual effects and sound.

It became the highest-grossing film worldwide at the time, surpassing Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Its original worldwide theatrical run exceeded $900 million, and later re-releases pushed its lifetime total beyond $1 billion. The Lost World: Jurassic Park was the sequel, not the original record-breaking film.