Jurassic
World Essay
By Lily-May Muir
The story of Jurassic Park was written about fourteen years
ago by a man named Michael Crichton. His book evolved into three movies of
Jurassic Park I, II, and III. Steven Speilberg has taken the story of Crichton
is transformed it into one of his action packed, suspense thrillers. Now 14
years later the phenomenon has returned.
To gain the public’s interest in a film, there must be
popular actors/actress’ that everyone loves and admires. In an era of would-be
leading men like Jai Courtney and Garrett Hedlund, Pratt shows what a true
movie star looks like. After “Guardians of the Galaxy” proved he was an actor
to watch, with his tongue-in-cheek work as a galactic adventurer drawing comparisons
to Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones, “Jurassic World” offers up a second major franchise
for his career. Only a handful of actors have achieved this, such as Robert
Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes), Jennifer Lawrence (“X-Men,” “The Hunger
Games”) and Ford himself (the “Indiana Jones” films, “Star Wars”) Critics have
described him as the “He’s the modern super-hero”
Timing is key when releasing blockbusters, “Jurassic World”
was shrewdly positioned as the June blockbuster to beat April’s ‘Fast and Furious 7’ and steering clear of
the release ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ in May. After “Tomorrowland” flopped over
Memorial Day; there was some deliberating among box office analysts about
whether Universal made an error by not putting in “Jurassic World” during this
4 day weekend period. In retrospect, it was the perfect move. The box office,
which was coming off of three consecutive lackluster weekends, needed to cool
down before it could heat up again. After a row of films that didn’t live up to
expectations, audiences were hungry for a big summer blockbuster which was one
of the factors that made the movie as successful as it has been. But Jurassic
didn’t just having a good summer run. Since its record-smashing opening week
(earning an unheard-of $296 million worldwide, and easily topping The Avengers’
$270 million from three years ago), the film has crushed the competition with
it’s $558 million domestic so far.
Nobody can outshine Steven Spielberg, but with the “Jurassic
Park” director unwilling to return to Isla Nublar, Universal settled for the
next best thing — a filmmaker on the rise, who could pay homage to Spielberg’s
creation while taking the series in a younger and vibrant direction. It was
found in Colin Trevorrow, an indie impresario.
The Indominus Rex, basically a T-rex on steroids, demanded
to be seen on the biggest and widest, screens possible. That meant that
“Jurassic World” got a major boost from premium large format and I-max screens,
along with 3D showings. The sequel took in 48% of Its opening weekend receipts
from 3D screens.
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