Park has grossed over $300 million at the box office in the United States and Canada, the second film ever to top that benchmark in its initial release in North America.

ET, which was another Steven Spielberg film, holds the record for the highest domestic box office revenues, with $359.2 million in its initial 1982 release.

Universal, part of MCA Inc., said Jurassic Park'' has grossed $301 million since its June 11 opening.

The film has been toppling box office records since its opening, including a record weekend opening of $50.2 million, the largest single-day grosses of $17.6 million and the fastest film to break $100 million -- at nine days.

Jurassic Park has grossed another $180 million outside North America, even though it has not yet been released in continental Europe, Australia and many other markets.

It has been released in Britain, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Korea and the Philippines.

In Bermuda, the movie has been playing to packed houses, albeit in the tiny Little theatre arena in Hamilton.

But it still has some way to go before it beats legal thriller The Firm, which today enters its second week at the 118-seat Neptune Theatre at Dockyard after two weeks at the 270-seat Liberty Theatre in Hamilton.

Mrs. Nelda Simons, manager of the Liberty Theatre, said: "The performance of The Firm has been unusual because, unlike other films, its popularity has not waned the longer it's been here.

"When it was shown in Hamilton, it played to packed houses even in its second week. At Dockyard, every night for the first week was sold out.'' * * * BUC So many people have wagered that aliens from outer space will visit earth that a leading firm of British bookmakers has cut the odds against it happening.

Bookmakers William Hill said on Saturday the company would have to pay out more than 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) if aliens did show up.

To reduce its potential liabilities the company has put a 33 to one upper limit on odds on all bets over 100 pounds pounds ($150).

Gamblers used to be able to get odds of 500 to one that it would some day be proved earthlings are not alone in the universe.

Mr. Graham Sharpe, who works out the odds for William Hill, said bets on aliens have long been among the most popular unusual bets bookmakers take, rivalling wagers on the existence of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.

"If a UFO turns up piloted by the Loch Ness monster we will be in double big trouble,'' said Sharpe.

* * * BUC Companies who have made basketball star Michael Jordan probably the best paid sportsman in the world have withdrawn advertisements featuring him from television as a mark of respect following the murder of his father.

The James Jordan tragedy prompted Hygrade Food Products, for example, to withdraw a Ball Park Franks commercial with Michael Jordan from several local markets.

"We did it out of respect for his family. We didn't want them to turn on TV and see Michael in a joyful situation at a time like this,'' said Margaret Riley, a spokeswoman for Michigan-based Hygrade.

Other advertisers, who include blue-chip firms such as McDonalds, Nike and Quaker Oats Corporation, have made the same move but now face the potentially stickier decision of when to resume running ads with Jordan, who earns an estimated $28 million a year from corporate endorsements.

Most companies have not decided when to resume the ads, but some were expected to begin over the weekend. A Gatorade spokesman said the fact that James Jordan's funeral service has been held and two arrests have been made in his death have given "some sense of resolution'' to the case and convinced Gatorade marketers it would be appropriate to reintroduce some ads with Jordan.