‘Jurassic World’ passes ‘Avengers’ for biggest opening ever

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 $208.8 million (Dh766.9 million) in its first weekend in theatres, Universal Pictures said on Monday. That’s the highest-grossing opening weekend of all time.

Marvel’s The Avengers had previously held the domestic opening weekend record. That film opened to $207.4 million in 2012.

Chris Pratt stars in the fourth instalment of the popular Jurassic 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.

Last week’s top three movies, Spy, San Andreas and Insidious: Chapter 3, each dropped a spot, to second, third and fourth place, respectively.