How Jumanji Stunned The Movie World

  • 6 years ago
The internet had a field day in 2015 when Sony officially announced it was making a sequel to the hit 1995 movie "Jumanji." But the joke's on the internet critics: The movie, powered by Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, earned close to $1 billion globally at the box office. The film's director, Jake Kasdan, explained to Business Insider how he pulled off one of the biggest surprise hits in recent memory. Things did not start off well for the sequel to "Jumanji.