North American box office: Jurassic World: Renaissance bites F1

Jurassic World: Renaissance , the latest installment in the blockbuster dinosaur saga, crushed the competition over the long July 4th holiday weekend at the North American box office, grossing a whopping $91.5 million. The Universal-produced film, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey, is set in a research facility on an abandoned island in the original Jurassic Park theme park, where genetically modified dinosaurs are hiding.

"This is a great launch for the seventh installment of the series," said analyst David Gross of the specialist firm Franchise Entertainment Research. "The series has done particularly well abroad and so far, the international revenue has been remarkable," he added.

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Apple and Warner Bros.' F1 , starring Brad Pitt as a fading Formula 1 driver, dropped to second place with $26.1 million in the U.S. and Canada. Behind it, Universal Studios and DreamWorks Animation's family film, How to Train Your Dragon , a live-action version of a 2010 animated film, came in third with $11 million.

Elio , about a young boy mistaken by aliens for an intergalactic ambassador from Earth, earned $5.7 million and sits in fourth place. Meanwhile, 28 Years Later holds the fifth spot. A zombie film directed by Danny Boyle, the story takes place 28 years after the rabies virus escapes from a medical research laboratory. In its second week of release, the Columbia Pictures-produced film earned $4.6 million.

6. M3GAN 2.0 ($3.8 million)

7. Lilo & Stitch ($3.8 million)

8. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning ($2.7 million)

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9. Materialists ($1.3 million)

10. From the John Wick universe: Ballerina ($725,000)