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The DC superhero film “Blue Beetle” led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening, according to studio estimates Sunday.
led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening, according to studio estimates Sunday, dethroning "Barbie" from the top spot after a record-setting run that left movie theaters colored pink for a month.
, 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. It's up to $567.3 million in North America and an eye-popping $1.28 billion globally.RELATED:took in $10.6 million in its fifth week. With a $285.2 million domestic total, "Oppenheimer" 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 2016’s "Sing," which grossed $270.3 million in the shadow of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" and "Hidden Figures." Universal Pictures' "Oppenheimer" has done even better overseas. Its global gross stands at an estimated $717.8 million through Sunday. HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 04: General views of the new DC superhero film, 'Blue Beetle' skyscraper billboard campaign at Hollywood & Highland on August 04, 2023 in Hollywood, California. "Blue Beetle," starring Xolo Maridueña, 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 "Blue Beetle," 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 "Blue Beetle" than the average superhero film. It's one of the last releases produced under an earlier regime at DC Studios, which James Gunn and Peter SafranBritney Spears admits she 'couldn't take the pain anymore' in first statement on Sam Asghari divorce The film, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, drew solid reviews – certainly better than the three previous DC releases this year . "Blue Beetle" is'Barbenheimer:' Barbie v. Oppenheimer Will you see Barbie or Oppenheimer? Or both? LiveNOW from FOX's Tania Sims spoke with actor and director, Stefano Da Fre about the double feature and the latest on the ongoing actors and writers strikes. But it also faced some tough luck, and not just in the unexpected staying power of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer." Southern California was bracing Sunday for
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