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Posted July 23, 2023 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: It’s a “Barbie” World


A new title has claimed the top spot of the box-office weekend top ten as Barbie finished ahead of the second-place film by a $74 million margin.

"Barbie" posterIn its first weekend of release, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie stood proud atop the box-office weekend with $155 million. Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer debuted in second place with $81 million to show for the weekend. This pushed last weekend’s second-place film, Sound of Freedom to third place where it earned $20 million to raise its three-week total to $125 million. Dropping three spots to fourth place was last weekend’s top film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One with $20 million. Following its second week of release, the film has brought in a total of $119 million. Falling a spot to land in fifth place was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny with $6.7 million, giving the film a four-week total of $159 million.

Finishing three places lower than last weekend, Insidious: The Red Door brought in $6.5 million to bring its three-week total to $71 million. Dropping two spots to seventh place was Elemental which added $5.8 million over the weekend to raise its six-week total to $137 million. Also losing two spots this weekend was Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse which finished in eighth place with $2.8 million. Still, the film sports an eight-week total of $375 million, so the web-crawler is probably not losing too much sleep over the drop in the top ten. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts claimed the ninth spot with $1.12 million after finishing in seventh-place last weekend. This gives the film a seven-week total of $156 million. Finally, No Hard Feelings landed in tenth place with $1.10 million over the weekend after claiming eighth-place last weekend. This gives the film a five-week total of $49 million.

Lastly, two films were dislodged from the weekend box office top ten this week. After three weeks and earning a total of $12.5 million, Joy Ride departs the top ten after claiming ninth place last weekend. Last week’s tenth-place film, The Little Mermaid was also pushed from the top ten, but still sports a nine-week tally of $296.1 million.

Weekend Box Office (July 21st – July 23rd)

  1. Barbie…$155 Million
  2. Oppenheimer…$81 Million
  3. Sound of Freedom…$20 Million
  4. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One…$20 Million
  5. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny…$6.7 Million
  6. Insidious: The Red Door…$6.5 Million
  7. Elemental…$5.8 Million
  8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse…$2.8 Million
  9. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts…$1.12 Million
  10. No Hard Feelings…$1.10 Million
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
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