LOS ANGELES — The dinosaurs are definitively back on top after Jurassic World had a Tyrannosaurus rex-sized opening that proved even bigger than expected.
The film brought in a whopping $208.8 million in its first weekend in theaters, according to Universal Pictures on Monday.
It’s the highest-grossing opening weekend of all time.
Chris Pratt stars in the fourth installment of the popular series, directed by Colin Trevorrow.
Internationally, the film grossed a similarly mighty $315.3 million, bringing its international total to a record $524.1 million.
Marvel’s The Avengers had previously held the domestic all-time opening weekend record. That film opened to $207.4 million in 2012.
Jurassic World is the latest in a string of successes for Universal in 2015, including Fifty Shades of Grey, Furious 7 and Pitch Perfect 2.
It has been 14 years since there has been a new Jurassic film in theatres, and the combination of cinematic grandeur, nostalgia and awareness helped Jurassic World far surpass analyst predictions going into the weekend, which had the film on track for a $125 million opening.
Melissa McCarthy’s Spy earned $16 million in its second weekend in theatres, bringing its domestic total to $56.9 million. San Andreas added another $11 million, and Insidious Chapter 3 and Pitch Perfect 2 took the fourth and fifth spots, with $7.3 million and $6 million, respectively.
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