# Jurassic Park

> Spielberg’s dinosaur film grossed $1.06 billion worldwide across theatrical releases.

- Owner: Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment
- Kind: Film
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 1993-06-09
- Peak proxy date: 1993-06-12
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 79 (Breakout, provisional), v1.3
- Mechanics: Mystery & lore, Platform jump, Controversy, Revival

## Summary

Paid promotion and licensed products preceded the benefit premiere. Jurassic Park set an opening record, then overtook E.T. worldwide. Reissues, Reddit quotations and YouTube theme-song parodies extended its circulation beyond cinemas.

## Timeline

- Dec 1992 — Universal Pictures (Box office) — Universal released an amber-discovery teaser before the film’s release.
- 1993-06-01 — Universal Pictures (Retail) — Universal prepared licensed merchandise and a McDonald’s tie-in.
- 1993-06-09 — Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment (Box office) — The film premiered at Washington’s Uptown Theatre for paying guests and local children.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/jurassic-park-1993

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Jurassic Park.” Case HIS-01436. Spread Score v1.3: 79/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01436