Editing Jurassic Park (film) (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Jurassic Park'' became the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film]] released worldwide up to that time, replacing Spielberg's own ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hollywood Scores Big |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=206 |pages=32–33 |date=January 21, 1994 |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/01/21/jurassic-park-and-other-1993-hollywood-hits/ |access-date=February 17, 2007 |first=Gregg |last=Kilday |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118050145/http://www.ew.com/article/1994/01/21/jurassic-park-and-other-1993-hollywood-hits |url-status=live}}</ref> It grossed $3.1&nbsp;million from Thursday night screenings in the United States and Canada on June 10, and $50.1&nbsp;million in its first weekend from 2,404 theaters, breaking the opening weekend record set by ''[[Batman Returns]]'' the year before.<ref name=opening/><ref name=Brew/> ''Jurassic Park'' held that record until 1995 when ''[[Batman Forever]]'' took it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-19-ca-14726-story.html|title='Batman' Takes a Bite Out of 'Jurassic' Record: Movies: Third Bat film soars to an estimated opening weekend gross of $53 million. 'Pocahontas' makes a staggering $2.7 million in just six--albeit large--theaters.|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 19, 1995}}</ref> It grossed a record $81.7&nbsp;million by the end of its first week,<ref>{{cite magazine |author-link=Richard Corliss |last=Corliss |first=Richard |title=Hollywood's Summer: Just Kidding |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 28, 1993 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978768,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204324/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978768,00.html |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2007}}</ref> and reached $100 million in a record nine days,<ref name=brazil/> and remained at number one for three weeks. It eventually grossed $357&nbsp;million in the US and Canada, ranking [[List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada|second of all-time]] behind ''E.T.''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-03-ca-8097-story.html |title=THE YEAR IN MOVIES: '93 a Record-Smasher at the Box Office |date=January 3, 1994 |author=Fox, David J. |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-date=September 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924151628/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-03/entertainment/ca-8097_1_jurassic-park |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park (1993) – Weekend Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=jurassicpark.htm |access-date=February 8, 2007 |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204045902/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=jurassicpark.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Box Office Mojo]] estimates the film sold over 86.2&nbsp;million tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run.<ref name=Mojo>{{cite web |access-date=May 31, 2016 |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |title=Jurassic Park (1993) |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804215917/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

''Jurassic Park'' also did very well in international markets and was the first film to gross $500&nbsp;million overseas, surpassing the record $280&nbsp;million overseas gross of ''E.T.''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |title='Park' strides past 'E.T.' for o'seas B.O. title|magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |date=September 14, 1993 |page=26}}</ref><ref name=500m>{{cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |title=Dinos set o'seas mark of $500 mil |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 22, 1993 |page=16}}</ref> In Brazil, it also set an opening weekend record with a gross of $1,738,198 from 141 screens.<ref name=brazil>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=July 9, 1993|page=24|title=Prehistoric records}}</ref> It went on to break further opening records around the world including in the United Kingdom, Japan, India, South Korea, Mexico, Germany, Australia, Taiwan, Italy, Denmark, South Africa and France.<ref name=japan>{{cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |title='Jurassic' renders Japan B.O. record extinct |magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |page=1 |date=July 20, 1993 |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/jurassic-renders-japan-b-o-record-extinct-108850/ |access-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111153451/http://variety.com/1993/film/news/jurassic-renders-japan-b-o-record-extinct-108850/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=dom/><ref name=it>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=21 September 1993|title='Park' conquers Italy|page=18|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref name=fr/> In Japan, the film grossed $8.4&nbsp;million from 237 screens in two days (including previews).<ref name=japan/>

In the United Kingdom, ''Jurassic Park'' also beat the opening weekend record set by ''Batman Returns'' with a gross of £4.875&nbsp;million ($7.4&nbsp;million) from 434 screens, including a record £443,000 from Thursday night previews, and also beat ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''{{'}}s opening week record, with £9.2&nbsp;million.<ref name=japan/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=12|date=July 26, 1993|title=U.K. yields to the call of the dinosaurs|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=18|date=August 2, 1993|title=International box office|quote=$13,982,206; £1=$1.52}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=18|date=August 2, 1993|title='Park' keeps stomping on world B.O.|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> The film held the UK record until it was beaten by ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' in 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Box Office's Weekend Record-Breaker|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=16 August 1996|page=23}}</ref> After 12 days of grossing over £1 million a day, ''Jurassic Park'' was the eighth [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|highest-grossing film of all time in the UK]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=July 30, 1993|page=30|title=Powerful Park}}</ref> After just three weeks, it became the highest-grossing, surpassing ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'' and eventually doubling the record with a gross of £47.9&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=11|date=August 16, 1993|title='Park' leader of summer B.O. pack|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=BFI Statistical Yearbook |year=2013 |edition=2012 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |location=London |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |pages=[http://www.emagcloud.com/incorporatedesign/BFI_Statisitical_Yearbook_2013_Digital02/pubData/source/BFI%20Statisitical%20Yearbook%202013%20Digital.pdf#page=22 22]|access-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228060414/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It spent a record eight consecutive weekends at the [[List of 1993 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|top of the UK box office]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=31 October 1997|page=27|title=Stripped by Full Monty|last=Scott|first=Mary}}</ref> ''Jurassic Park'' would remain as Europe's box office leader before being surpassed by ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aladdin' rides high in Europe |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/29/Aladdin-rides-high-in-Europe/8039754549200/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=29 November 1993 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210142914/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/29/Aladdin-rides-high-in-Europe/8039754549200/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In Australia, the film had the widest release ever and was the first to open with a one-day gross of more than [[Australian dollar|A$]]1&nbsp;million, grossing A$5,447,000 (US$3.6&nbsp;million) in its first four days from 192 screens, beating the opening record of ''Terminator 2'' and the weekly record set by ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'' with a gross of A$6.8&nbsp;million.<ref name=20sep>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=13|date=20 September 1993|title=International box office}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=13|date=20 September 1993|title=Healthy fall kickoff in Euro B.O.|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref name=dom>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|page=30|date=7 September 1993|title=Dinos dominate world|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> In the same weekend, it also set an opening record in Germany with a gross of [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] 16.8&nbsp;million ($10.5&nbsp;million) from 644 screens.<ref name=dom/><ref name=20sep/> In Italy, it had the widest release ever in 344 theaters and grossed a record [[Italian lira|Lire&nbsp;]]9.5&nbsp;billion ($6.1&nbsp;million).<ref name=it/> After 115 days of release, it surpassed ''E.T.'' as the highest-grossing film worldwide of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Biggest Movie of All Time (advertisement)|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=October 8, 1993|pages=6–7}}</ref> It eventually opened in France on October 20, 1993, and grossed a record 75&nbsp;million&nbsp;[[French franc|F]] ($13&nbsp;million) in its opening week from over 515 screens.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=9|date=8 November 1993|title=International Box Office|quote=$13,089,950; $1=5.8FF}}</ref><ref name=fr>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=9|date=8 November 1993|title=French coin points 'Park' at $500 mil|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> Its first week admissions in France of almost 2.3 million surpassed the previous record set by ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' in 1985.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|page=30|title='Jurassic' passes $450 mil o'seas|last=Groves|first=Don|date=October 28, 1993}}</ref>

The film set all-time records in, among others, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan (in US Dollars), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and the United Kingdom.<ref name=bil/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=EDI Box Office News: Star Translations|date=May 26, 1997|page=19}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Sliver' hot, 'Shots' tops in o'seas B.O.|date=September 6, 1993|page=10|first=Don|last=Groves}}</ref><ref name=500m/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=B.O. gets rocky for chopsockys|date=December 13, 1993|page=1|first1=Don|last1=Groves|first2=Teresa|last2=Wan}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=12 December 1994|page=22|title=Once Were Warriors (advertisement)}}</ref> Ultimately the film grossed $914&nbsp;million worldwide in its initial release,<ref name="original release"/> with Spielberg reportedly earning over $250&nbsp;million, the most a director or actor had earned from one film at the time.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=424}}<ref name=bil/> Its record gross was surpassed in 1998 by ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', the first film to gross over $1{{nbsp}}billion.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/titanic-sails-to-all-time-box-office-record-1201345048/ |title='Titanic' Sails to All-Time Box Office Record |date=March 3, 1998 |last=Klady |first=Leonard |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-date=February 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216041131/http://variety.com/1998/film/news/titanic-sails-to-all-time-box-office-record-1201345048/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2011 UK release grossed £245,422 ($786,021) from 276 theaters, finishing at eleventh on the weekend box office list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://industry.bfi.org.uk/article/17582/UK-Box-Office-23--25-September-2011?action=fullscreen |title=UK Box Office: 23- 25 September 2011 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020192624/http://industry.bfi.org.uk/article/17582/UK-Box-Office-23--25-September-2011?action=fullscreen |archive-date=October 20, 2013 }}</ref> The 3D re-release in 2013 opened at fourth place in the US, with $18.6&nbsp;million from 2,771 locations. [[IMAX]] showings accounted for over $6&nbsp;million, with the 32 percent being the highest IMAX share ever for a nationwide release.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekend Report: Audiences Thrill to 'Evil Dead', 'Jurassic Park 3D' |last=Subers |first=Ray |date=April 6, 2013 |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3666&p=.htm |access-date=May 6, 2013 |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509023431/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3666&p=.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The reissue earned $45.4&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada. The international release had its most successful weekend in late August, when it managed to climb to the top of the box office with a $28.8&nbsp;million debut in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Box Office: 'Jurassic Park 3D' Clobbers the Competition, Huge in China |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=August 25, 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/global-box-office-jurassic-park-614090 |access-date=August 26, 2013 |archive-date=August 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828054615/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/global-box-office-jurassic-park-614090 |url-status=live}}</ref> This helped to bring the film's lifetime gross to $1.03&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Todd |title='Jurassic Park' Passes $1B at Box Office - With 3D Asterisk |url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/jurassic-park-has-passed-1b-box-office-3d-asterisk-91866 |website=TheWrap |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924165316/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/jurassic-park-has-passed-1b-box-office-3d-asterisk-91866 |archive-date=September 24, 2013 |date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> ''Jurassic Park'' was the 17th, and oldest, film to surpass the $1{{nbsp}}billion mark,<ref>{{cite web |last=Polo |first=Susana |title=Jurassic Park Becomes Oldest Movie to Make More Than $1 Billion |url=https://www.themarysue.com/jurassic-park-one-billion/ |website=The Mary Sue |access-date=February 19, 2025 |date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> and the only film by Universal to achieve this until 2015, when the studio released ''[[Furious 7]]'', ''[[Minions (film)|Minions]]'', and the fourth ''Jurassic Park'' installment ''[[Jurassic World]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/jurassic-world-box-office/ |title='Jurassic World' Sets Record for Fastest Race to $1 Billion |publisher=/Film |author=Han, Angie |date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118234423/http://www.slashfilm.com/jurassic-world-box-office/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

''Jurassic Park'' earned an additional $374,238 in 2018 for its 25th anniversary re-release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1983271429/|title=Jurassic Park (2018 Re-release)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=September 1, 2020|archive-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221122207/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1983271429/|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] closing most theaters worldwide and limiting what films played, ''Jurassic Park'' returned to 230 theaters (mostly drive-ins). It grossed $517,600, finishing in first for the fourth time in its history.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/weekend-box-office-coroanvirus-cinemark-jurassic-park-trolls-world-tour-jaws-1202966822/ |title= 'Jurassic Park' Roars To No. 1 Again at Weekend Box Office, 27 Years After Original Release |first= Anthony |last= D'Alessandro |website= [[Deadline Hollywood]] |date= June 22, 2020 |access-date= June 22, 2020 |archive-date= June 23, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200623110015/https://deadline.com/2020/06/weekend-box-office-coroanvirus-cinemark-jurassic-park-trolls-world-tour-jaws-1202966822/ |url-status= live}}</ref> As of 2025, ''Jurassic Park'' remains among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, both in the US and Canada (not adjusted for inflation) and worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Grosses (domestic) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Grosses (worldwide) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 16, 2025}}</ref> It also remains the highest-grossing film directed by Spielberg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-star-records/worldwide/lifetime-specific-technical-role/director |website=The Numbers |access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref>

===Critical response===
{{Anchor|Critical reception|Critics}}Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] retrospectively reported an approval rating of 91% based on 141 reviews, with an average rating of 8.50/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Jurassic Park'' is a spectacle of special effects and lifelike animatronics, with some of Spielberg's best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''".<ref name=Rotten>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jurassic_park/ |title=Jurassic Park (1993) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=May 7, 2025 |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727065331/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jurassic_park/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a [[Weighted mean|weighted average]] score of 68 out of 100, based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park Reviews |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/jurassic-park |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=April 8, 2013 |archive-date=September 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906222246/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/jurassic-park |url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Jurassic Park" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a true movie milestone, presenting awe- and fear-inspiring sights never before seen on the screen [...] On paper, this story is tailor-made for Mr. Spielberg's talents [but] [i]t becomes less crisp on screen than it was on the page, with much of the enjoyable jargon either mumbled confusingly or otherwise thrown away".<ref>{{cite news |author-link=Janet Maslin |last=Maslin |first=Janet |title=Screen Stars With Teeth To Spare |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 11, 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/11/movies/review-film-screen-stars-with-teeth-to-spare.html |access-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729044330/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/11/movies/review-film-screen-stars-with-teeth-to-spare.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[Peter Travers]] called the film "colossal entertainment—the eye-popping, mind-bending, kick-out-the-jams thrill ride of summer and probably the year [...] Compared with the dinos, the characters are dry bones, indeed. Crichton and co-screenwriter David Koepp have flattened them into nonentities on the trip from page to screen".<ref>{{cite magazine |author-link=Peter Travers |last=Travers |first=Peter |title=Jurassic Park |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 1993 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5949029/review/5949030/jurassic_park |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824034910/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5949029/review/5949030/jurassic_park |archive-date=August 24, 2007 |access-date=February 4, 2007}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three stars out of four: "The movie delivers all too well on its promise to show us dinosaurs. We see them early and often, and they are indeed a triumph of special effects artistry, but the movie is lacking other qualities that it needs even more, such as a sense of awe and wonderment, and strong human story values".<ref>{{cite news |author-link=Roger Ebert |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Jurassic Park |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=June 11, 1993 |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-park-1993 |access-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-date=April 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413170606/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-park-1993 |url-status=live}}</ref> Henry Sheehan of ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' argued: "The complaints over ''Jurassic Park''{{'}}s lack of story and character sound a little off the point", noting the story arc of Grant learning to protect Hammond's grandchildren despite his initial dislike of them.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=421–422}} Caroline Westbrook of ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' gave the film five stars, calling it "quite simply one of the greatest blockbusters of all time".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review of Jurassic Park |last=Westbrook |first=Caroline |magazine=Empire |url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/jurassic-park/review/ |issue=50 |date=August 1993 |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033510/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/jurassic-park/review/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:99%;"
|-
! class="unsortable;" | Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominees !! Result
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1993
||[[Bambi Awards]]<ref>{{cite press release |title=Burda Publications, Inc. Congratulates its 1993 Bambi Award Recipients |publisher=[[Hubert Burda Media]] |date=December 9, 1993}}</ref>
|International Film
| ''Jurassic Park''
|{{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="33"|1994
| rowspan="3" |[[66th Academy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 22, 2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706100012/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/66th-winners.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109919042/jurassic-park-another-spielberg/ |title='Jurassic Park,' another Spielberg movie, also has good night with 3 awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921024558/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109919042/jurassic-park-another-spielberg/ |date=March 22, 1994 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |page=6 |publisher=[[The Orlando Sentinel]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|[[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Effects Editing]]
|[[Gary Rydstrom]] and [[Richard Hymns]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]]
|[[Gary Summers]], Gary Rydstrom, [[Shawn Murphy (sound engineer)|Shawn Murphy]] and [[Ron Judkins]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
|[[Dennis Muren]], [[Stan Winston]], [[Phil Tippett]] and [[Michael Lantieri]]
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="11" | [[Saturn Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Winners Database |url=https://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1993/1993sat.htm |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175615/https://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1993/1993sat.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref>
|[[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Direction]]
|[[Steven Spielberg]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
| ''Jurassic Park''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
|Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
|[[Michael Crichton]] and [[David Koepp]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Actress
|[[Laura Dern]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Supporting Actor
|[[Jeff Goldblum]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Wayne Knight]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Performance by a Young Actor
|[[Joseph Mazzello]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Ariana Richards]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Music
|[[John Williams]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Costumes
|
|{{nom}}
|-
||[[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Awards of the Japanese Academy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=17 |title=17th Annual Japanese Academy Awards |language=ja |publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222032612/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=17 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| ''Jurassic Park''
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[BAFTA Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards archive |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/search?search=jurassic+park |website=BAFTA |access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref>
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]]
|Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Sound
|Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins
|{{nom}}
|-
||[[BMI Film Music Award]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72 |title=BMI Gives Awards to Television, Movie Music |author=Borzillo, Carrie |date=May 28, 1994 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913142911/https://books.google.com/books?id=TwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|BMI Film Music Award
|John Williams
|{{won}}
|-
||[[Blue Ribbon Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1993/ |script-title=ja:ルビー・モレノ快進撃 「月はどっちに出ている」3冠 |language=ja |publisher=The Association of Tokyo Film Journalists |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116114325/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1993/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref>
|Best Foreign Language Film
|Steven Spielberg
|{{won}}
|-
||[[Bram Stoker Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm#1993 |title=Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners |access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher=horror.org |archive-date=May 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503224339/http://www.horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm#1993 }}</ref>
|Screenplay
|Michael Crichton and David Koepp
|{{nom}}
|-
||[[Cinema Audio Society]]<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040608021158/http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org/html/casprev.html |url=http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org/html/casprev.html |archive-date=June 8, 2004 |title=The Cinema Audio Society Awards For Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 1993–2002 |publisher=Cinema Audio Society |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref>
|Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film
|Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins
|{{nom}}
|-
||[[Czech Lions]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinobox.cz/oceneni/ceskylev/1993 |title=Český lev 1993 – Přehled ocenění |language=cs |publisher=Czech Film and Television Academy |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116111244/http://www.kinobox.cz/oceneni/ceskylev/1993 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Best Foreign Language Film
|Steven Spielberg
|{{won}}
|-
||[[Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/1994-01-07/living/25824842_1_donald-fagen-s-kamakiriad-award-nominations-song-of-the-year-category |title=Sting, R.e.m., Houston Grab Grammy Bids Nominations Predictably Conservative; Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton Blocked From Big Awards |date=January 7, 1994 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |author=Moon, Tom |access-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084628/http://articles.philly.com/1994-01-07/living/25824842_1_donald-fagen-s-kamakiriad-award-nominations-song-of-the-year-category |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
|John Williams
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[MTV Movie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1994/ |title=1994 MTV Movie Awards |access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher=MTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208223801/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1994/ |archive-date=February 8, 2012}}</ref>
|Best Action Sequence
|
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Movie
| ''Jurassic Park''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Villain
|''T. rex''
|{{nom}}
|-
||[[Mainichi Film Concours]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/cinema/mfa/etc/history/48.html |title=48th 日本映画大賞 |language=ja |work=[[Mainichi Shinbun]] |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116112326/http://mainichi.jp/enta/cinema/mfa/etc/history/48.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Best Foreign Language Film (Fan Choice)
|Steven Spielberg
|{{won}}
|-
||[[Motion Picture Sound Editors]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/spielberg-pix-sound-great-at-mpse-s-golden-reels-119401/ |title=Spielberg pix sound great at MPSE's Golden Reels |work=Variety |date=March 20, 1994 |author=Cox, Dan |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116151220/http://variety.com/1994/film/news/spielberg-pix-sound-great-at-mpse-s-golden-reels-119401/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Best Sound Editing
|
|{{won}}
|-
||[[People's Choice Awards]]<ref>{{cite news |title=1993 20th People's Choice Awards |publisher=The Envelope |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1993/1993pc.htm |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=October 31, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031053758/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1993/1993pc.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Favorite All-Around Movie
| ''Jurassic Park''
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Young Artist Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Fifteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards 1992–1993 |publisher=Young Artist Association |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms15.htm |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132553/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms15.htm |archive-date=April 3, 2011}}</ref>
|Best Youth Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Drama
|Joseph Mazzello
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Youth Actress Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama
|Ariana Richards
|{{won}}
|-
|Outstanding Family Motion Picture – Action/Adventure
| ''Jurassic Park''
|{{won}}
|-
||[[Hugo Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1994 Hugo Awards |date=July 28, 2007 |publisher=Thehugoawards.org |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=124 |archive-date=September 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928142739/http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=124 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]]
| ''Jurassic Park''
|{{won}}
|}