Let’s be honest: Most of us would be scared if a gigantic prehistoric shark fixed its beady little eyes on us. But Barbie? She eats sharks for lunch.
OK, so that might not be strictly accurate. But her namesake movie had little trouble dispatching cinematic newcomer Meg 2: The Trench—reeling the big fish in hook, line and sinker. Barbie continues to show remarkable staying power, banking an estimated $53 million in North American markets to push her domestic tally to $459.4 million.
Oh, and if you throw in the cash that Barbie has earned overseas, her total gross stands at more than $1 billion. It’s the first time that a film directed by a woman (in this case, Greta Gerwig) has earned that much. It’s also just the 53rd film ever to cross the billion-dollar mark—and it’s pretty obvious that Barbie is far from done.
But don’t mourn for Meg 2. Jason Statham’s soggy actioner might’ve left most reviewers all wet. (It’s at 28% on Rotten Tomatoes, and our own Bob Hoose said it “borders on the absurd.”) It might not have won the weekend’s domestic box-office crown (finishing second to Barbie with $30 million). But it did gobble up a staggering $112 million overseas, pushing its global total to $142 mil. If Warner Bros. wants to shuttle all of Meg 2’s cash by ferry … it might need a bigger boat.
After two straight second-place finishes, Oppenheimer slid to third this weekend, earning $28.7 million. That brings its domestic haul to $228.6 million, and its global tally to a staggering $552.9 million—the most money ever earned by a movie about World War II (though moviegoers know the film’s scope spans quite a bit more time). Certainly, Oppenheimer is no box-office bomb.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem found its way into fourth place with $28 million. Meanwhile Disney’s Haunted Mansion stuffed another $9 million into its own hatbox to close out the top five—pushing Sound of Freedom ($7 million) down to sixth.
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