50 Years Ago, This Sci-Fi Movie Changed The Genre – And It Led To Jurassic Park

Not only was Westworld a huge hit upon release, but the sci-fi classic eventually led to Jurassic Park’s franchise-spawning success. The Michael Crichton adaptation Westworld was released in 1973. Directed by the aforementioned author, Westworld was the story of an interactive theme park populated by unnervingly lifelike robots. Westworld was a huge financial hit upon release, earning $10 million on a budget of only $1 million. However, the extent of the movie’s influence on sci-fi cinema would not become clear until decades later, when Crichton’s other “Theme park gone wrong” novel spawned an even more successful movie adaptation.