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.

Dinosaurs are ruling the box office heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend. “Jurassic World Rebirth” topped ticket sales on Thursday, its second full day of release, earning a commanding $25.

I am talking, of course, of the first time we see Jonathan Bailey’s “sl*tty little glasses.” More than any impressive new dinosaur or CGI achievement that the latest entry in the paleoblockbuster franchise shows off,