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The point IвЂ™m making is that everything in 1993 revolved around Jurassic Park. Even then, I had to work on a math assignment before I could sit down and view SpielbergвЂ™s masterpiece in all of its glory on our 40-inch TV. The film didnвЂ™t hit VHS until October 4, 1994, and I counted down each and every day until it was in my fingertips. Good times!) I was so enamored by the film that I ran out and grabbed the soundtrack, trading cards, magazines, posters - anything that had anything to do with Jurassic Park. On the second, we got locked out of our house and had to call the police to help us inside - they broke a window and pushed me inside. On the first, my little brother threw up all over the car. My parents loved the film so much we went again the following weekend.

Once the lights dimmed, the audience laughed, screamed, jumped, and applauded for two hours straight. I even remember the guy in front of me turning to ask if I could see the screen okay. As we made our way inside, we passed another theater where I snuck a peek and saw the bit where Laura DernвЂ™s character gets attacked by a raptor - you could hear screams and cheers all over the building. On our first go, my family waited in line for over an hour to catch it at the now-defunct Sutter Theater in Yuba City, California. When Jurassic Park came out in 1993, I saw it eight times and wouldвЂ™ve gone more if I had been old enough to drive. Batman & Robin, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Air Force One вЂ¦ even MIB wasnвЂ™t worth all the hype, even if it was still kind ofВ fun.)

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(1997 was a really disappointing summer movie season, kids. In fact, for a summer that promised the greatest dinosaur adventure of all time, it was ultimately aliens that ruled the day, as Men in Black made the biggest pop cultural imprint when it landed in July. The sequel remained atop the box office charts for another week and was quickly taken down by Con Air. Everyone quietly exited theaters and went about their day. After my first showing, the crowd reaction was just sort of вЂ¦ meh. No one was really upset with SpielbergвЂ™s follow-up. Jurassic Park 2 was all the rage.ДЄnd then it wasnвЂ™t. No other film needed to exist at that point in time. Hell, I remember ditching an early morning class just so I could get a peek of my movie theater marquee where the words THE LOST WORLD stood tall atop the likes of FatherвЂ™s Day, The Fifth Element, Breakdown, and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Dinosaurs graced magazine covers, candy bars, and soda cans.

That exciting Super Bowl teaser set to Hans ZimmerвЂ™s Backdraft (see below). I remember the lead-up to the opening weekend. Jurassic Park, for comparisonвЂ™s sake, dipped 18.2% in its second week and only saw a decline larger than 30% in December - oh, and it didnвЂ™t leave theaters until October of the following year. The pic dipped -52% in its sophomore frame and all but vanished from theaters at the beginning of October. Not a tiny figure, mind you, but significantly less than the $912M worldwide tally of its predecessor. After posting record opening weekend numbers ($92.7M over the four-day Memorial holiday - yes, it was a longВ time ago), The Lost World managed to accrue $229M in the United States and $389M abroad for $618M worldwide. ThatвЂ™s it? WeвЂ™ve waited four years for that? Yet, upon its release way back in May of 1997, after so much waiting and fantasizing, the highly anticipated sequel hit theaters with an enormous thud. As the sequel to one of the greatest blockbusters ever produced, disappointment was bound to rear its ugly head. Few films have crushed my soul quite like Steven SpielbergвЂ™s The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

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