About 10 minutes into the runtime of “Jurassic World Rebirth,” a character is driving through New York City, where a long-necked sauropod dinosaur has collapsed and is on the verge of death — who could have predicted that creatures from 100 million years ago wouldn’t survive in today’s metropolises?

The DNA in this new round of dinosaurs is so good, it's leading Universal/Amblin's Jurassic World Rebirth to a higher worldwide opening than previously reported, that being $322.5M worldwide (instead of $318M+) with $147.

After three “Jurassic Park” movies and three “Jurassic World” movies, it seems the time has come to kickstart the “Jurassic” franchise again with “Jurassic World: Rebirth.” I’ll give the franchise

Scarlett Johansson received a special welcome to “Jurassic World” by former franchise lead Bryce Dallas Howard. Johansson, who stars in the latest installment “ Jurassic World Rebirth ,” told People that Howard was so supportive of her casting.

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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.

The dinosaurs of the “Jurassic World” franchise get a bad rap, akin to the shark in “Jaws.” But for 2 minutes in “Jurassic World Rebirth,” the movie pauses the stereotype of dino killing machines and we get to watch titanosaurs the size of 7-story buildings nuzzle each other in a presumed courtship display.

However, that doesn't mean dinosaur revivals are just around the corner, despite what other Jurassic Park consultants have said. Lamm explained that the organic material that is perceived to make de-extinction efforts a possibility is still a long shot when it comes to dinosaurs.

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 $147.8 million - as well as overseas.