LOS ANGELES -- The Avengers just got stomped at the domestic box office.
A little over three years after Marvel's superhero team-up hit a $207.4 million U.S. opening weekend for a box office record that looked like it could stand for epochs, Jurassic World swooped in and nipped it with $208.8 million, according to final numbers released Monday.
Sunday estimates had Jurassic World coming in at $204.6 million, but that number often flexes up or down after the final tally. In this case, it came up just enough to stand as the biggest U.S. opening of all time.
Preliminary numbers already had Jurassic World as the largest worldwide release at $511 million, and that figure soared higher as well -- it will go into the record books with a $524.4 million global bow.
How will Jurassic World leg out? Disney/Pixar would sure like to know -- they've got Inside Out opening next weekend, and Universal gets a dino-mite 50% week-to-week hold, it could jeopardize Pixar's streak of always opening at No. 1.