'Barbie' Remains Unbeatable

On its way to totalling more than a billion dollars in worldwide ticket sales, Barbie once again was the top-grossing movie at the box office this weekend. Greta Gerwig's comedy remained untouchable in its third weekend of release. It was also notable that the original film had no problem besting two more sequels, The Meg 2: The Trench and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Read on for details.

Via Variety.

“Barbie” towered over the box office for the third consecutive weekend, taking down newcomers “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and “Meg 2: The Trench.”

Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy added a remarkable $53 million in its third weekend of release, a decline of just 43% from its prior frame. “Barbie” has generated $459 million in North America and surpassed the $1 billion mark globally after just 17 days in theaters. It’s the first film directed solely by a woman to cross the coveted milestone.

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” too, stayed strong in its third outing with $28.7 million, dropping only 39% from last weekend and bringing domestic ticket sales to $228 million. The R-rated historical drama has grossed $552 million at the worldwide box office, becoming the director’s sixth film to cross the $500 million mark. “Oppenheimer,” which has remained a force in Imax, landed in third place on domestic box office charts behind the sequel to “The Meg” and ahead of “Mutant Mayhem.”

Overall, it’s a rare weekend in which four movies earned at least $28 million between Friday and Sunday. As a result, the box office is 98% ahead of the same weekend in 2022 and 19% above the same weekend in 2019.

Get the rest of the story at Variety.