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'Jurassic World' may have been 65 million years in the making, but it was worth the wait. How much do you know about this blockbuster?Twenty two years have elapsed between the running and screaming in the first movie — and the running and screaming in the latest installment of the Jurassic franchise.
Taking a big bite out of the weekend receipts for its June 2015 release, Jurassic World grossed an estimated $204.6 million.
According to Colin Trevorrow, the use of gyrospheres as safe human transport devises was Steven Spielberg's brainchild.
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If you guessed Star Wars IX, part of the fourth trilogy of episodes, you're right. It is tentatively scheduled for release some time in 2019.
If you guessed 2018, long enough to repair the aviary and complete a dino rebranding campaign, you're right.
Built on the site of the original park, Jurassic World is located on Isla Nublar.
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Released in July of 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy stars Chris Pratt as pirate, vagabond and hero Peter Quill.
With an international gross of $307.2 million, and a domestic gross of $204.6 million, Jurassic World is the first movie to gross more than $500 million worldwide in a single weekend.
Fresh from the gene splicing department, Dr. Henry Wu makes a repeat appearance as one of the scientists cooking up dinosaur attractions. This time his creation may have shady military applications. Dr. Wu is played by the talented actor B.D. Wong in both films.
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John Hammond, played by the incomparable Richard Attenborough in the first two films, is immortalized with a statue in his honor. There were plans for Attenborough to appear in the film, but they were abandoned when he died in August of 2014.
Michael Crichton wrote Jurassic Park and the first sequel, The Lost World. They both differ somewhat from the movies on which they are based.
Delays and disagreements about the script resulted in a 10-year or more delay in bringing Jurassic World to the big screen.
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Raking in a whopping $1.52 billion worldwide, Jurassic World grossed $652.2 million domestically between June and November.
To date, there have been four films. A fifth is slated for release in the next few years (tentatively in the summer of 2018).
Kristen Stewart is popular and has a large fan base. Still, she was considered a little too young to play Claire.
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If you guessed Steven Spielberg, you're right. This time around he took on the role of executive producer.
Tagged for science-fiction violence and scenes that could be too intense for younger viewers, it received a rating of PG-13.
As an homage to Steven Spielberg and his film Jaws, a great white shark dangling from a hook was prominently displayed as a lure and, um, appetizer, during this scene.
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Genetically constructed from the best attributes of a number of dinosaurs, I-rex is a hybrid designed to be the ultimate weapon.
Jurassic World opened in 2005.
If you guessed Blue, you're right.
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The I-rex can change the color of its skin as a means of natural camouflage. It can also block its heat signature, making it difficult to detect with long range scanning equipment.
I-rex has raptor DNA and temporarily takes control of the pack.
Claire is on the move through most of the movie, often slogging through inhospitable terrain. During the entire film she's wearing a pair of high heel shoes.
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That would be Gary and Zach Mitchell, her sister's sons.
Malcolm's book, God Creates Dinosaurs, appears more than once. Watch for it in the hands of the chaperone assigned to Gary and Zach, and also on a desk later in the film.
Jimmy Fallon appears in a humorous instructional video about how to operate a gyrosphere.
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Not quite licensed to pilot a helicopter, Masrani runs afoul of a bunch of escaping pteranodons and crashes into the aviary.
That would be 13 minutes. One scene was completely eliminated and a few others were trimmed.
The working title, Ebb Tide, was coined by Steven Spielberg. It's unclear what, if any, relationship it has to the story or characters.
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