{"id":281683,"date":"2026-02-13T05:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/281683\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:21:07","slug":"the-sci-fi-bomb-with-jurassic-park-dna-is-the-streaming-hit-nobody-predicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/281683\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sci-Fi Bomb With \u2018Jurassic Park\u2019 DNA Is the Streaming Hit Nobody Predicted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurassic Park<\/a>, the first installment in the acclaimed dinosaur franchise, profoundly influenced cinema since its release in 1993 \u2014 and it keeps doing so. Based on Michael Crichton<\/a>‘s popular novel, the sci-fi movie was a blockbuster hit and became the oldest film in history to surpass $1 billion in ticket sales. It was directed by Steven Spielberg<\/a> and has spawned six sequels, while also igniting a resurgence in creature-feature<\/a> and monster movies, though not every resulting project was a success<\/a>, including this 2009 flop.<\/p>\n

Often described as a Jurassic Park rip-off, this disappointing sci-fi pic that shares a few similar features with the classic is surprisingly becoming popular among audiences. Many would agree that Land of the Lost<\/a>, theatrically released on June 5, 2009, is one of the worst and most disappointing sci-fi films<\/a> featuring dinosaur elements. Not only was it a commercial failure, grossing only $69 million against its massive $100 million budget, but it was also a critical misfire, earning an embarrassing 27% on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the negative reception hasn\u2019t stopped audiences from recently flocking to Land of the Lost globally. As of this writing, the adventure comedy is trending on HBO Max<\/a>, ranking as the third most-watched movie on the platform in several South American territories, among others. Leading the streaming list is the sci-fi horror sequel M3GAN 2.0<\/a>, followed by Anna Kendrick\u2019s serial killer drama Woman of the Hour<\/a>, and rounding out the top five are Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/a> and Cillian Murphy<\/a>\u2019s space movie, Sunshine.<\/p>\n

Is ‘Land of the Lost’ Worth Watching?<\/p>\n

Loosely based on Sid and Marty Krofft’s TV series<\/a> of the same name that ran from 1974 to 1976 on NBC<\/a>, Land of the Lost was directed by Brad Silberling, and written by Chris Henchy and Dennis McNicholas. It sees a space-time vortex suck scientist Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell<\/a>), his assistant Holly (Anna Friel<\/a>), and survivalist Will (Danny McBride<\/a>) into a world populated by dinosaurs and painfully slow creatures called Sleestaks. With few resources at their disposal, Rick, Holly, and Will must rely on their only ally, a primate named Chaka (Jorma Taccone), to try to survive long enough to figure out a way back home. Land of the Lost received seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations, including Worst Picture, winning Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel.<\/p>\n

Land of the Lost streams on HBO Max. Stay tuned to Collider for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jurassic Park, the first installment in the acclaimed dinosaur franchise, profoundly influenced cinema since its release in 1993…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-281683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}