LOS ANGELES – “Barbie” has legs. Director Greta Gerwig’s movie phenom remained a No. 1 runaway at the box office in its fourth week, grossing $33.7 million on Sunday, according to studio estimates.
Still in 4,137 theaters, the Margot Robbie-led-and-produced Warner Bros. film refused to drop, as most box-office hits this year have done, surpassing $500 million in total in North America a week after becoming the worldwide passed the $1 billion mark. a record for a female director.
The second half of the “Barbenheimer” duo, “Oppenheimer”, returned to the No. 2 spot in their own fourth week after a week at No. 3 in the overall standings. The Christopher Nolan-directed film from Universal Pictures grossed $18.8 million from 3,761 locations for a total domestic total of $264.3 million.
The top pair had moderate competition. The top new release of the week, Universal’s “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” finished fifth with an opening weekend of $6.5 million.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” earned $15.6 million domestically in its second week for third place, and the Jason Statham shark sequel, “Meg 2: The Trench,” grossed $12.7 million , falling from second to fifth in its second week. second week in cinemas.
Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.
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