Dinosaurs are alive and well at the box office as Universal’s “Jurassic World Rebirth” trampled competitors, grossing $147 million domestically over five days of the Fourth of July weekend.

Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey led the sixth sequel in the megafauna franchise to a decisive victory over Brad Pitt's "F1: The Movie."Key PointsJurassic World Rebirth stomped its competition this weekend with a staggering $91.

The seventh installment in the action-adventure series created by Steven Spielberg opened well ahead of expectations over the long Fourth of July holiday in the U.S. — where it racked up $147.3 million — as well as overseas.