A Cristiano Ronaldo brace and a late goal glut saw Real Madrid make it three wins out of three at the start of the Primera Liga season.
Visitors Xerez, playing in the top flight for the first time in their history this season, suffered a nightmare start on their trip to the Bernabeu as they fell behind in the first minute to a Ronaldo strike.
However, the Andalusian side recovered remarkably well from that early setback and it was not until the final 15 minutes when Manuel Pellegrini's side finally managed to see off their plucky opponents as they added four more goals.
Ronaldo made it 2-0, before Guti, Karim Benzema and Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was making his first competitive appearance since suffering a serious injury last year, also found the back of the net to give the scoreline a one-sided look.
It was not the best of performances by Madrid, but a brilliant end to the game and the perfect start means they join arch-rivals Barcelona on nine points at the top of the standings.
Xerez must have feared the worst as they found themselves trailing following the opening attack of the game, with Ronaldo the man doing the damage.
The world's most expensive player showed great power and pace to create himself a shooting opportunity on the edge of the box and he took advantage by drilling a low shot past Renan Brito at his near post.
That was Ronaldo's fifth goal in four competitive appearances this season following his £80million move from Manchester United, and many would have expected it to be have been the spark for a goal-laden Madrid masterclass.
And that certainly looked on the cards as the home side nearly doubled their lead five minutes later only for the Xerez goal to somehow survive unscathed as Ronaldo, Raul and Kaka all went close one after another.
Renan did superbly to first deny Ronaldo and then Raul from the follow-up before Kaka put his effort wide.
However, the anticipated avalanche of goals failed to materialise before the break and, aside from a Sergio Ramos header that was pushed over by Renan, Madrid failed to seriously threaten the visitors in the remainder of the period.
And it might easily have been 1-1 going into the break if Emilio Viqueira's 10th-minute free-kick had been about a foot lower, with his 25-yard effort clipping the top of post before going over.
There was no significant improvement from the home side at the start of the second period either, and Xerez gave their hosts another scare in the 51st minute when Giancarlo Maldonado was handed a shooting chance on the edge of the box.
He could not get enough power on his effort to seriously test Iker Casillas though, and Madrid could breathe again.
Pellegrini's side were still struggling to find any fluidity to their game, and with the expensively-assembled superstars creating little in the way of chances, the home fans were starting to get increasingly frustrated.
However, any concerns or fears the Madridistas may have had about Xerez possibly getting back on level terms were emphatically crushed as the Whites went from 1-0 to 4-0 in the space of just six minutes.
Ronaldo was the man to spark the goal glut as he climbed highest to glance home Esteban Granero's corner in the 75th minute, and substitute Guti made it 3-0 three minutes later as he smashed the ball home from 10 yards out after Karim Benzema had made a mess of his own shooting chance.
Benzema would still get his name on the scoresheet though as he slammed home a left-footed shot into the far top corner as Xerez's valiant defence finally started to wilt.
Madrid were not finished there either, and there remained time for Van Nistelrooy - who received a standing ovation after coming on as a late substitute - to slot home his side's fifth to seal a big, if not wholly convincing, victory.
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