<P> Set twenty - two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Jurassic World takes place on the same fictional Central American island of Isla Nublar, which is located off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, where a theme park of cloned dinosaurs has operated for nearly a decade . The park plunges into chaos when a genetically - engineered dinosaur escapes and goes on a rampage . </P> <P> Universal Pictures intended to begin production of a fourth Jurassic Park film in 2004 for a mid-2005 release but development stalled while the script underwent several revisions . Following a suggestion from Spielberg, writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver explored the idea of a functional dinosaur park . Once Trevorrow was hired as director in 2013, he followed the same idea while developing a new script with Derek Connolly . Principal photography lasted from April to August 2014, filming occurred in Louisiana and at the original Jurassic Park locations in Hawaii . The dinosaurs depicted in the film were created by Industrial Light & Magic using CGI and by Legacy Effects using life - sized animatronics . </P> <P> Production was completed on May 10, 2015, and Jurassic World was released in over sixty countries beginning on June 10, 2015 . After a record - breaking opening weekend during which it became the first film to gross over $500 million worldwide, Jurassic World generated a $1.6 billion in box office revenue, ranking fifth among the highest - grossing films of all time . It was also the second - highest - grossing film of 2015 and the highest - grossing film in the franchise . A sequel titled Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was released in June 2018 . </P> <P> Teenaged brothers Zach and Gray Mitchell visit Jurassic World, a dinosaur theme park at the original Jurassic Park site on Isla Nublar . Their aunt Claire Dearing is the park's operations manager . Claire assigns her assistant as the boys' guide but they evade her and explore on their own . Elsewhere on the island, U.S. Navy veteran Owen Grady has been training four Velociraptors and researching their intelligence . Based on the raptors' ability to follow commands, Vic Hoskins, the head of InGen Security, believes the animals can be weaponized, an idea Owen and his assistant Barry strongly oppose . </P>

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