Jurassic Park III dinosaur-bird connection, said the feathers quills added to the "Velociraptor" for "Jurassic Park III" "looked like a roadrunner's toupee", but conceded that feathers are difficult subjects for computer animation and speculated that "Jurassic Park IV"'s raptors would have more realistic with plumage. In 2002, Crichton said he had not watched the film. A teaser trailer was released online in September 2000. Universal avoided excessive early marketing to prevent a possible backlash; the studio believed awareness of the film was already sufficient. Marketing began in April 2001, three months before the film's release. The first footage from the film was aired
Jurassic Park fifth highest-grossing film of all time. It was also the second highest-grossing film of 2015. When adjusted for monetary inflation, this film is the second highest grossing in the franchise after "Jurassic Park". An animated film, "Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape", was released in October 2016 with the home media release of "Jurassic World", alongside a short film, "Employee Safety Video". Two other interactive Lego short films, "Lego Jurassic World: Rescue Blue/Escape the Indoraptor", were also released in 2018, followed by an animated special, "Lego Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit", which aired on NBC later that year. A fifth