The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were no match for another toy icon as Barbie continued to dominate the weekend box office, earning another $53 million, bringing its domestic total to $459.4M. However, worldwide, the doll has crossed the coveted $1 billion mark, something no one saw coming before this picture’s opening. This marks the first $1B movie from a female director, Greta Gerwig, and the highest-grossing movie of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling’s careers.
The race for second place was neck-and-neck with Barbie‘s partner Oppenheimer facing off against two newcomers, The Meg 2: The Trench and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
By the end of the weekend, The Meg 2 swam ahead with $30M, officially coming between Barbie and Oppenheimer. Exiting audiences gave the sequel a B-, down from the B+ that the first Meg received. On Rotten Tomatoes, it’s clear that critics overall hate this movie, with a 28% average rating, but its audience score is much higher at 73%.
It’s worth noting that The Meg 2 is also from Warner Bros., giving that studio the top two entries this weekend.
As mentioned, Oppenheimer slips to #3, taking in an additional $28.7M. Its running total is $228.5M, far more than this picture was ever expected to make.
That means that Oppenheimer managed to fend off the weekend’s other major opening, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, although not by much. That animated feature earned $28M, less than a million less than Oppenheimer. But Mutant Mayhem opened on Tuesday and that’s too early to fold those grosses into the weekend. So over the week, it has actually made $43M.
It has gotten rave reviews with a 96% RT score and a 92% audience score. Exiting audiences gave it an A via CinemaScore and 88% positive via PostTrak.
You can check out the Top Five below:
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- Barbie (Warner Bros.) – 3-day $53M/ Total $459.4M/ Wk 3
- The Meg 2: The Trench (Warner Bros.) – 3-day $30M/ Wk 1
- Oppenheimer (Universal) – 3-day $28.7M/ Total $228.5M/ Wk 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount/Nickelodeon) – 3-day $28M/ Total $43M/ Wk 1
- Haunted Mansion (Disney) – 3-day $8.97M/ Total $42M/ Wk 2
Next week sees the release of the Dracula flick The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Yes, that’s the second Dracula movie this year following Renfield. Will this one do better than that one did?
Check back next week to find out. What did you check out this weekend? What are you looking forward to seeing?
