Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures image)
August 4, 2023
The theatrical blockbuster duo of Barbie and Oppenheimer have topped $400 million and neared $200 million in respective North American ticket sales heading into their third weekend of release.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ Barbie could reach $1 billion in global revenue by Aug. 7, if not sooner. The movie, co-starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is projected to add more than $60 million in third-weekend revenue, according to Box Office Pro.
Universal Pictures’ Oppenheimer is expected to sell another $30 million in tickets, to up its North American haul past $232 million.
Warner is also releasing Meg 2: The Trench, again featuring Jason Statham in the sci-fi action sequel to 2018’s The Meg pitting man against the titular Megalodon shark creature. The sequel generated about $3.2 million in Thursday special screenings despite negative critical reviews.
Paramount Pictures is releasing Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which has generated 95% positive reviews on social media, and is projected to sell almost $29 million in tickets.
Box office returnees include Disney’s Haunted Mansion with $11 million in second-weekend ticket sales, and Angel Studios’ irrepressible faith-based Sound of Freedom with another $8 million in revenue. The child trafficking drama has defied expectations topping $150 million in ticket sales.
The tally should again be enough to hold off Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which continues to be overshadowed after a middling July 14 box office debut. The movie is projected to sell another $6 million in tickets.
The remaining box office includes A24’s Talk to Me, Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Disney/Pixar Animation’s Elemental.