Category:Jurassic Park (franchise)

''This category is about the franchise. For the area at Islands of Adventure based on the franchise, see Jurassic Park (Islands of Adventure).''

Jurassic Park is a film franchise by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, loosely based on two novels by Michael Crichton. The franchise focuses a theme park of the same name by John Hammond that features live dinosaurs. The dinosaurs are cloned by scientists, who extract blood found in mosquitoes that have been preserved in fossilized amber. The blood provides DNA to create new dinosaurs, which are then hatched in eggs at the park's labs. However, something goes wrong, and the remainder of the films focus on the aftermath of the dinosaurs wreaking havoc on the surrounding area that the park was built on. The first film was released in 1993, with four sequels having been released in later years. The first two films were directed by frequent Universal collaborator Steven Spielberg, who also returned for the next three films as an executive producer. Jurassic Park is one of Universal’s most famous film franchises of all-time, and is featured in some form at every theme park either owned or operated by Universal Parks and Resorts. At Universal Orlando Resort, Jurassic Park is the theme of an area of the same name in Islands of Adventure. The setting of the island is an alternate timeline in which the park's founder, John Hammond was given a second chance at creating Jurassic Park after the events of the first film, and is successful this time around.

The film series currently consists of: All attractions and characters themed to this franchise are listed here.
 * Jurassic Park (1993)
 * The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
 * Jurassic Park III (2001)
 * Jurassic World (2015)
 * Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)