Barbie, the reigning champion of the weekend box office, has just achieved another milestone by surpassing $500 million in North America.
According to Comscore, Barbie’s unstoppable performance resulted in an additional $33.7 million, experiencing only a 36% drop in earnings compared to the previous week. Overall, Barbie has garnered an impressive $526.30 million domestically and a staggering $1.18 billion worldwide.
Greta Gerwig, the director behind Barbie, made history as the first female director to join the billion-dollar club when the film surpassed $1 billion at the global box office.
Retaining its position in second place, Oppenheimer collected $18.8 million in the domestic market. Oppenheimer’s earnings have now reached $264.26 million in North America and a total of $649.02 million worldwide.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem secured third place with domestic earnings of $15.75 million, only experiencing a 44% decline from its opening weekend. The latest installment of the TMNT franchise has accumulated $72.78 million in North America and a total of $94.7 million worldwide.
Meg 2: The Trench swam its way to fourth place, amassing $12.7 million in box office sales. In fifth place, The Last Voyage of the Demeter opened with a solid North American debut of $6.5 million.
In our review of The Last Voyage of the Demeter, we praised the film’s horrifying portrayal of Dracula, stating that it “should delight horror fans raised on Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, and offers an R-rated bite of vampiric brutality for genre fans with a stronger bloodlust.”
For more information, explore how Barbie’s success has inspired Mattel to pursue more toy-based movies and delve into whether Hollywood has already learned the wrong lesson from Barbie.
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