Budget
$63,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
$50,159,460 (USA)
Domestic Total Gross
$357,067,947
Worldwide Total Gross
$914,691,118
Rentals
$212,953,000 (USA)

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Filming Locations for Jurassic Park:

Filming Dates
24 August 1992 - 30 November 1992

Velociraptor Pen, Isla Nublar, Costa Rica: National Tropical Botanical Garden, Limahuli Gardens, Kalaheo, Kauai, HI.

Mano de Dios Amber Mine, Dominican Republic: Hoopii Falls, Kapaa, Kauai, HI.

Dr. Alan Grant's Montana Digsite: Mojave Desert, Red Rock Canyon State Park's Ricardo Site, Cantil, California.

San Jose, Costa Rica: Paradise Outdoor Adventures / Paradise USA's land, Kapaa, Kauai, HI.
Note: A kayak rental stand in Kapaa was transformed into and used for the San Jose cafe where Dennis Nedry was having lunch.

Isla Nublar's Coast: Na Pali Coast, Kauai, HI.

Helicopter journey thru the valley: Hanapepe Valley, Kauai, HI.

Jurassic Park Helicopter Landing Pad and Falls: Manawaiopuna Falls, Hanapepe Valley, Kauai, HI.
Note: The JP crew had to build the helicopter landing pad three times because water kept washing it away!

Brachiosaurus Encounter and Lagoon: Pu`u Ka Ele Reservoir, Jurassic Kahili Ranch, Kilauea, Kauai, HI.

Jurassic Park Visitor Center:
Exterior: Valley House Plantation Estate, Kealia, Kauai, HI.
Interior: Universal Studios Hollywood, CA.
Visitor Center Lobby and Rotunda: Stage 12.
Visitor Center Kitchen: Stage 24.
Visitor Center Control Room, Theatre, and Dinosaur Hatchery: Stage 28.
VIP Dinning Room and Visitors Dinning Room: Unknown Stage at Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA.

Jurassic Park Entrance Gate: Waikoko Forest Management Road, Kauai, HI.

Dilophosaurus Paddock: Valley House Plantation Estate, Kealia, Kauai, HI.

T-Rex Paddock:
Daytime Shots: Wailua Mauka, Blue Hole, Kauai, HI.
Nightime Shots: Stage 16, Warner Brothers' Studios, CA.

Sick Triceratops: Valley House Plantation Estate, Kealia, Kauai, HI.

Waves crashing against Isla Nublar's breakwater: Nawiliwili Bay's breakwater, Lihue, Kauai, HI.
Note: Steven Spielberg filmed this scene from atop the roof of the Westin Hotel he was staying at when Hurricane Iniki was preparing to hit the island of Kauai.

Dilophosaurus Attack: Stage 27 Universal Studios Hollywood, CA.

Jurassic Park Tour Explorer in the tree: Stage 27 Universal Studios Hollywood, CA.

Tyrannosaurus Jeep Chase: Unknown Location; Somewhere in Kauai, HI.

Early morning visit from a Brachiosaurus: Stage 27 Universal Studios Hollywood, CA.

Gallimimus Stampede: Kaaawa Valley, Kualoa Ranch, Kaaawa, Oahu, HI.

Velociraptor Nest/Dinosaur Eggs: National Tropical Botanical Garden, Allerton Garden, Kalaheo, Kauai, HI.

Jurassic Park Emergency Bunker:
Interior: Unknown Stage, Universal Studios, Hollywood CA.
Exterior: Valley House Plantation Estate, Kealia, Kauai, HI.

Ellie Sattler's run for the Maintenance Shed: National Tropical Botanical Garden, Allerton Garden, Kalaheo, Kauai, HI.

Jurassic Park Maintenance Shed:
Exterior: National Tropical Botanical Garden, Allerton Garden, Kalaheo, Kauai, HI.
Interior: Stage 23, Universal Studios Hollywood, CA.

Dr. Alan Grant and the kids at the Perimeter Fence: Olokele Canyon, Kauai, HI.

Velociraptor attacks and kills Robert Muldoon: Stage 27, Universal Studios Hollywood, CA.

Dr. Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler Reunite: Valley House Plantation Estate, Kealia, Kauai, HI.