Barbie has legs.
Director Greta Gerwig ‘s film phenomenon remained a runaway No. 1 at the US box office in its fourth week, bringing in $US33.7 million ($A51.9 million), according to studio estimates on Sunday.
The Margot Robbie-led and produced film from Warner Bros, still in 4137 theatres, refused to drop off as most box-office toppers have this year.
It has surpassed $US500 million ($A770 million) in North America overall a week after it crossed the $US1 billion ($A1.5 billion) mark globally – a record for a female director.
The second half of the Barbenheimer duo, Oppenheimer, returned to the No. 2 spot in its own fourth week after a week at No. 3 overall.
The Christopher Nolan-directed film from Universal Pictures brought in $US18.8 million from 3761 locations for an overall domestic total of $US264.3 million.
The top pair had thin competition.
The week’s solely main huge launch, Universal’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter, completed fifth with a $US6.5 million opening weekend.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, in its second week, earned $US15.6 million domestically for third place, and the Jason Statham shark sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, introduced in $US12.7 million, dropping from second to fifth in its second week in theatres.
Barbie is poised to turn out to be 2023’s prime movie.
Its $US526.3 million home complete and $US1.18 billion international bankroll at the moment sits second behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which earned $US574.2 million North America, and $US1.358 billion globally within the spring.
It’s additionally the second-highest grossing movie within the historical past of Warner Bros, behind solely 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
The sustained efficiency of the Mattel film continues to flip the script on what had been a weak yr in theatres, with main sequels underperforming together with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part I, which remained within the prime 10 this week with $US4.7 million.
“Barbie is as hot a commodity as it was in its first week. It’s just ensconced at the No. 1 spot, and I don’t know if it’s going anywhere soon,” mentioned Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore.
“And Oppenheimer right there with it. They’re just drafting off each other in this box office NASCAR race.”
The midsummer Barbenheimer put the industry-wide summer time complete forward of 2022. It was lagging behind only a month in the past.
“If you think of what Barbie and Oppenheimer together – just those two movies — have contributed in these weekends at the box office, it’s really a staggering number,” Dergarabedian mentioned.
All motion pictures mixed this summer time have earned $US3.63 billion in North America.
With important releases remaining in August, together with DC Comics’ Blue Beetle, the online game adaptation Gran Turismo, and the Denzel Washington sequel The Equalizer 3, the field workplace has an opportunity of reaching the $US4 billion that was thought of a home benchmark for a powerful summer time earlier than the pandemic.
Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday by way of Sunday at US and Canadian theatres:
1. Barbie, $US33.7 million.
2. Oppenheimer, $US18.8 million.
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, $US15.6 million.
4. Meg 2: The Trench, $US12.7 million.
5. The Last Voyage of the Demeter, $US6.5 million.
6. Haunted Mansion, $US5.6 million.
7. Talk to Me, $US5.1 million.
8. Sound of Freedom, $US4.8 million.
9. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part I, $US4.7 million.
10. Jailer, $US2.6 million.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
