Monday, May 25, 2026

Box Office: Audiences Choose Blue Slightly Over Pink as Comic Book Movie Beats Doll by a Nose

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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.

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