8 Reasons Jurassic World Could Become The Highest Grossing Movie Ever

6. It's Beating Jurassic Park (Even Adjusted For Inflation)

While it's somewhat unexpected for a revival of a franchise that's been absent for over a decade and had only one good movie to its name to be clearing up at the box office, it's important to remember that Jurassic Park isn't any old nostalgic property. While there's a big question mark over resurrecting Terminator or Alien for a modern, PG-13 audience, Jurassic taps into a more widespread cultural memory - it was a cinematic event of the highest order. Upon its initial release in 1993, Jurassic Park became the highest grossing film of all time, topping Spielberg's own E.T. The Extra Terrestrial by a good $200 million. It would eventually be removed by billion dollar smasher Titanic, but the important thing here is the precedent - World's success fits with what you expect from the series. Jurassic World doesn't just have a strong legacy though - as things stand it's actually beating Jurassic Park. At this point in its own release, the hyped "Jaws with Dinosaurs" film had made just shy of $50 million domestically. Even adjusted for inflation ($92 million) that's a fraction of what World's brought in. And that's just America - the international weighting skews it even more. The change in release structure, particularly in terms of home video, means that the sequel doesn't have the same legs as the original (Park was playing in cinemas well over a year after initial release), but World has such a head-start it's conceivable it could repeat its elder sibling's trick.