The DC superhero film led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening, according to studio estimates Sunday, dethroning B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� from the top spot after a record-setting run that left movie theaters colored pink for a month.
The B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� phenomenon is far from over. , which earlier this week became the highest grossing Warner Bros. release ever domestically, nearly managed to stay No. 1 again with $21.5 million in its fifth weekend. ItB次元官网网址檚 up to $567.3 million in North America and an eye-popping $1.28 billion globally.
The other half of also continues to perform remarkably well for a movie so far into its run.
took in $10.6 million in its fifth week. With a $285.2 million domestic total, B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� now owns the distinction of being the biggest box-office hit never to land No. 1 at the weekend box office. The previous record-holder for that unlikely stat is 2016B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淪ing,B次元官网网址� which grossed $270.3 million in the shadow of B次元官网网址淩ogue One: A Star Wars StoryB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淗idden Figures.B次元官网网址�
Universal PicturesB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� has done even better overseas. Its global gross stands at an estimated $717.8 million through Sunday.
B次元官网网址淏lue Beetle,B次元官网网址� starring Xolo Maridue帽a, came in on the lower side of expectations and notched one of the lower debuts for a DC Comics movie. Though earlier planned as a streaming-only release, Warner Bros. elected to put B次元官网网址淏lue Beetle,B次元官网网址� the first DC movie to star a Latino superhero, into theaters in the late summer, a typically quiet period at the box office.
The production price tag of about $105 million was lower for B次元官网网址淏lue BeetleB次元官网网址� than the average superhero film. ItB次元官网网址檚 one of the last releases produced under an earlier regime at DC Studios, which James Gunn and Peter Safran
The film, directed by 脕ngel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, drew solid reviews B次元官网网址� certainly better than the three previous DC releases this year (B次元官网网址淭he Flash,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淏lack AdamB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淪hazam! Fury of the GodsB次元官网网址�). B次元官网网址淏lue BeetleB次元官网网址� (76% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) is
But it also faced some tough luck, and not just in the unexpected staying power of B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淥ppenheimer.B次元官网网址� Southern California was bracing Sunday for B次元官网网址� potentially dampening ticket sales in the region. (Los Angeles was still its top market.) And like recent releases, B次元官网网址淏lue Beetle,B次元官网网址� which added $18 million internationally, didnB次元官网网址檛 have its cast available to promote the movie due to
UniversalB次元官网网址檚 raunchy R-rated canine comedy B次元官网网址淪traysB次元官网网址� showed even less bite. The film, with a voice cast including Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, landed in fifth place with $8.4 million. Comedies have generally struggled in theaters in recent years, but B次元官网网址淪traysB次元官网网址� had it particularly rough given that its starry cast was unavailable.
B次元官网网址淪traysB次元官网网址� was very narrowly bested by B次元官网网址淭eenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.B次元官网网址� The Paramount Pictures animated release earned $8.4 million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total to $88.1 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. B次元官网网址淏lue Beetle,B次元官网网址� $25.4 million.
2. B次元官网网址淏arbie,B次元官网网址� $21.5 million.
3. B次元官网网址淥ppenheimer,B次元官网网址� $10.6 million.
4. B次元官网网址淭eenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,B次元官网网址� $8.4 million.
5. B次元官网网址淪trays,B次元官网网址� $8.3 million.
6. B次元官网网址淢eg 2: The Trench,B次元官网网址� $6.7 million.
7. B次元官网网址淭alk to Me,B次元官网网址� $3.2 million.
8. B次元官网网址淗aunted Mansion,B次元官网网址� $3 million.
9. B次元官网网址淢ission: Impossible B次元官网网址� Dead Reckoning Part One,B次元官网网址� $2.7 million.
10. B次元官网网址淭he Last Voyage of the Demeter,B次元官网网址� $2.5 million.
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