In India, Sony Pix channel premiered Jurassic World today and it is open-matte 16:9. This is great news, for me at least. The film was shot mostly on Super 35, so a 1.78:1 ratio was inevitable for Television. The framing looks really good and IMAX-like. I’m sure many other broadcasts of the film will be open-matte as well. Especially in PAL countries.

All of the previous 3 films were shown in 1.78:1 on cable, so this forms part of the herd. Also, I kind of felt the 2.00:1 ratio was odd. The broadcast ratio is closer to 1.85:1 which is the ratio of all the earlier films.

Maybe someone can preserve this version when it airs on their TV channels. Especially if there is no subtitle ruining the image.