Warner Bros. can only be happy. They have the number 1 and 2 movies of the weekend.
Audiences chose Blue over Pink.. “Blue Beetle” beat “Barbie” by $4 million.
The Beetle had the worst debut ever for a DC Comics movie with $25 million. This was $5 million lower than estimates. But the film had no stars or publicity — the latter thanks to the strikes, which meant no talk shows or interviews.
“Barbie” is booming away, closing in on $600 million perhaps for a final domestic total, $1.2 billion worldwide.
“Oppenheimer” has done better than anyone could have hoped for. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is closing in $90 million.
“Strays” stayed in the pound, with no one to adopt it at $8.2 million.
Labor Day can’t come fast enough.
