“Barbie,” the movie that has caused a stir in theaters for the past two months, has lost the top spot at the box office to another movie sold by Warner Bros., Variety magazine reported, as cited by News.ro.

Blue beetlethe new superhero movie from DC Studios, dethroned Chin at the North American box office despite a weaker debut with $25.4 million in North American theaters.

Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, the film centers on Jaime Reyes, a college graduate who becomes the symbiotic host of an ancient alien biotech relic that transforms him into the superhero known as Blue Beetle.

at the international level, Blue beetle, starring Xolo Mariduenha as an alien symbiote, added $18 million from 63 markets. With $43 million worldwide, it’s one of the weakest starts in the history of the DC Cinematic Universe.

Flashthe previous DC Studios superhero movie, which also underperformed upon its release in late June, another sign that superhero movies are starting to leave audiences cold.

Blue beetle it cost over $100 million to produce and many millions more to promote, so it will have to challenge the box office to justify its price tag. This is the third DC movie of 2023 that flopped from the start Flash ($55 million in opening weekend) and Shazam: Wrath of the Gods (30.1 million) in March.

The fourth DC adaptation, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdomis slated for a December release before new DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran revamp the comic book universe as planned after taking over the studio.

“Barbie” drops to second place at the box office after making history

After four consecutive weekends in first place, Chin dropped to second place with $21.5 million from 4,003 theaters, a huge showing for its theatrical run so far.

Greta Gerwig’s fantasy-comedy has grossed $567 million after five weeks and will soon surpass the animation Super Mario Brothers movies ($574 million), produced by Universal, as the biggest North American release of the year.

By the way, Barbie surpassed this feature film based on the video game Super Mario at the box office in its opening weekend, setting a string of records for nearly two months at the top of the box office. They include:

• the strongest release for a female director, when Greta Gerwig became the first director to gross over a billion dollars for a single feature film;

• the strongest release for a movie based on toys, surpassing Toy Story 4 in that category;

• the strongest release of a film distributed by Warner Bros.;

• the highest-grossing film in the acting career of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling;

• the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros. history, ahead of The Dark Knight.

Oppenheimer, on the other hand, exceeded expectations in theaters

Oppenheimer took third place at the North American box office with $11 million in its fifth weekend, bringing its ticket sales to $286 million.

The R-rated historical drama surpassed $700 million at the global box office last weekend, surpassing Interstellar 2014 ($714 million) and became the fourth highest-grossing film directed by Christopher Nolan.

Thus, the film about the “father” of the atomic bomb became the fourth biggest release of the year after Super Mario Brothers movies ($1.35 billion), Chin ($1.27 billion) and Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 ($845 million).

While many highly anticipated films have disappointed at the box office this year, including recent feature films Indiana Jones and Mission impossibleafter failing to recoup their costs from cash receipts, Oppenheimer exceeded all expectations of analysts regarding the income brought by the film of this genre.

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