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Greta Gerwig’s Barbie box office totals continue to cruise while Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem shells out a 2-day solid start.
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is still making audiences see pink at cinemas! According to Deadline, the song-and-dance show-stopper collected $11.8M on Thursday, crossing the $400M mark domestically. Analysts say the blonde bombshell is poised to earn $55M during her third weekend in theaters, with Oppenheimer snagging close to $23M+. Regarding Nolan’s latest epic, Oppenheimer made $5.58M on Thursday, totaling $199.86M for the week.
Despite drowning in middling reviews, Meg 2: The Trench is swimming toward a $20M-$30M weekend gross. The shark-infested film raked in $3.2M from 3,400 theaters, a smaller number than the original. The first film grossed $4M in previews, before it ate up $16.6M on Friday and $45.4M over the weekend. Meg 2 is swimming in chum at Rotten Tomatoes with a 27% Rotten score based on 84 reviews. Meg 2 is swimming in chum at
with a 27% Rotten score based on 84 reviews.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCYoucd71qcMeanwhile, the latest TMNT movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, shelled out $15M during its 2-day opening. Disney’s Haunted mansion grossed $1.6M in Thursday totals, totaling $33M during its first week. Angel Studios’ Sound Of Freedom grossed $1.47M Thursday, bringing it to $156.4M after four weeks. Finally, A24’s
Talk to Me grabbed $1.2M in Thursday previews and could reach $15.8M for its first week in theaters.During a Q2 earnings call this week, WB’s David Zaslav said Barbie[in the business] is coming to Max in the fall. Zaslav reiterated his belief that a longer theatrical window will help the box office recover from the pandemic recession. “We believe in the motion movie window — let it run… go to PVOD, take the film through the windows that worked forever ,”
said he. “When it goes on Max it will have a great impact in the fall.”Greta Gewig directs Barbie from the screenplay she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach based on Mattel’s rich history with Barbie toy line. The film’s producers are Oscar nominee David Heyman (Marriage Story,
Gravity
), Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner, with Michael Sharp, Josey McNamara, Ynon Kreiz, Courtenay Valenti, Toby Emmerich, and Cate Adams serving as executive producers.01001010Are you planning to go to the movies this weekend? What will you be watching if you do? Comment below to let us know!
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