LOS ANGELES — Dinosaurs are anything but extinct at the box office.

“Jurassic World,” the fourth film in the series, became the highest global opener of all time with a staggering $511.8 million in its first days in theaters. It also devoured a number of domestic box office records with a $204.6 million take, the Rentrak media-measurement company estimated on Sunday.

In addition to setting a record for 2015, “Jurassic World” is now the second-highest domestic opening of all time, right behind “Marvel’s The Avengers” which took in $207.4 million in 2012. And there is a chance the film could dethrone “Avengers” once all results roll in.

It has been 14 years since there has been a new “Jurassic” film in theaters, and the combination of cinematic grandeur, nostalgia and awareness helped “Jurassic World” far surpass analyst predictions going into the weekend, which had the film on track for a $125 million opening.

“This over-performed in a way that I’ve never seen,” Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian said. “It broke the box office sound barrier.”

Universal Pictures and Legendary co-financed the $150 million, PG-13 rated film. Audiences in every quadrant turned out to see the film in theaters.

No studio even tried to compete with the unbeatable dinosaurs this weekend, and thus holdovers populated the rest of the top five. Melissa McCarthy’s “Spy” earned $16 million in its second weekend in theaters, bringing its domestic total to $56.9 million. “San Andreas” added another $11 million, and “Insidious Chapter 3” and “Pitch Perfect 2” took the fourth and fifth spots, with $7.3 million and $6 million, respectively.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak.

1. “Jurassic World,” $204.6 million ($307.2 million international).

2. “Spy,” $16 million ($13.5 million international).

3. “San Andreas,” $11 million ($42.5 million international).

4. “Insidious Chapter 3,” $7.3 million ($6.7 million international).

5. “Pitch Perfect 2,” $6 million ($2 million international).

6. “Entourage,” $4.3 million ($1.8 million international).

7. “Mad Max: Fury Road,” $4.1 million ($5.4 million international).

8. “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” $3.6 million ($2 million international).

9. “Tomorrowland,” $3.4 million ($4.6 million international).

10. “Love & Mercy,” $1.8 million ($60,000 international).