Tuesday, June 23, 2026

“Barbie” Shows No Sign of Softening, Crosses $400 Million Mark and Aims for Number 1 Weekend

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“Barbie” just keeps on going.

Doll is short for dollar as “Barbie” crossed the $400 million mark yesterday, dropping just a scooch from the day before. Another $40 or $50 million this weekend? Why not?

The whole Barbenheimer barrage should be fine this weekend since there’s no real competition. The horror film, “Meg 2,” has disastrous reviews and made $3.2 million last night in previews. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” will be a good place to park the kids while the parents are to “Oppenheimer.”

Next up: we’ll see if Warner’s can capitalize on “Barbie” with “Blue Beetle” next week. I always thought the Blue Beatle might be Ringo. Who knows? (I know nothing about it.) We’ll see…

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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