Claim: Bonnie Hunt was in a movie.

Jumanji is a 1995 American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston . It is an adaptation of the 1981 children 's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg . The film was written by Greg Taylor , Jonathan Hensleigh , and Jim Strain , and stars Robin Williams , Bonnie Hunt , Kirsten Dunst , Bradley Pierce , David Alan Grier , Jonathan Hyde , and Bebe Neuwirth . The special effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic for computer graphic elements and Amalgamated Dynamics for animatronics components . The film was dedicated to visual effects supervisor Stephen L. Price , who died before the film 's release .   The story centers on young Alan Parrish , who becomes trapped in a board game while playing with his best friend Sarah Whittle in 1969 . Twenty-six years later in 1995 , siblings Judy and Peter Shepherd find the game , begin playing and then unwittingly release the now-adult Alan . After tracking down Sarah , the quartet resolve to finish the game in order to reverse all of the destruction it has caused .   The film was shot in Keene , New Hampshire , representing the story 's fictional town of Brantford , New Hampshire . Additional filming took place in Vancouver , British Columbia . The film was released on December 15 , 1995 . Despite its lukewarm critical reception , it was a box office success , earning $ 262,797,249 worldwide on a budget of approximately $ 65 million and it became the 10th highest-grossing movie of 1995 .   In 2005 , a similar film marketed as a spiritual sequel to Jumanji , titled Zathura , was released and was also adapted from a Van Allsburg book . A sequel , Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle , will be released on December 20 , 2017 .