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# It’s still a ‘Barbie’ world
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-box-office-report-its-still-a/
- Published: 2023-08-07T11:01:13.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-19T16:08:56.000Z
- Description: ‘Oppenheimer’ and newcomers ‘Meg 2’ and ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ battle for second place.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, Barbie

Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of Aug. 4-6, 2023.

## 1\. Barbie

**Weekend gross:* $53M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $459.4M* 
**Last weekend:* 1st* 
**Percent drop:* 43*

*Barbie* easily held off new releases *Meg 2: The Trench* and *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* this weekend, adding an addition $53 million to its domestic haul.

**Greta Gerwig**’s latest film is closing on on the $1 billion worldwide mark, with [*Deadline*](https://deadline.com/2023/08/box-office-barbie-oppenheimer-meg-2-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1235454860/?ref=theomnicosm.com)[ reporting](https://deadline.com/2023/08/box-office-barbie-oppenheimer-meg-2-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1235454860/?ref=theomnicosm.com) that *Barbie* should accomplish that feat by the end of Sunday.

*Barbie* is now the second highest grossing film of 2023, with its $459.4 million trailing only the $574.2 million generated by *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* earlier this year. Does *Barbie* have another $100 million+ left in its tank? The film currently sits at No. 24 on the all-time domestic list (*Mario* is at No. 14). Could *Barbie* make that jump?

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## 2\. Meg 2: The Trench

**Weekend gross:* $30M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $30M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

Even though the box office is still *Barbie*’s world, this weekend had another fantastic performance by the runners-up. According to the Sunday estimates, *Meg 2: The Trench* managed to barely hold off *Oppenheimer* in its third weekend and *Mutant Mayhem* in its debut weekend.

*Meg 2* opened considerably behind 2018’s *The Meg*, which hit theaters with a $45.4 million opening weekend.

## 3\. Oppenheimer

**Weekend gross:* $28.7M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $228.5M* 
**Last weekend:* 2nd* 
**Percent drop:* 39*

*Oppenheimer* now sits at No. 4 on director **Christopher Nolan**’s all-time domestic ranking, passing the $205.3 million grossed by *Batman Begins*. While his other two Batman films (*The Dark Knight* with $535 million and *The Dark Knight Rises* with $448.1 million) are probably out of reach, *Oppenheimer* does has a shot at passing *Inception*’s $292.6 million.

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## 4\. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

**Weekend gross:* $28M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $43M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles: Mutant Mayhem* opened on Wednesday of last week, which meant its weekend haul was a bit diluted. The acclaimed animated film burned off $15 million (including what could’ve been Thursday preview money) that could’ve gone toward *Mutant Mayhem*’s weekend gross.

## 5\. Haunted Mansion

**Weekend gross:* $9M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $42M* 
**Last weekend:* 3rd* 
**Percent drop:* 63*

The new *Haunted Mansion* is running behind 2003’s *The Haunted Mansion*, which scored $9.4 million its second weekend.

*Box office numbers via* [*The Numbers*](http://www.the-numbers.com/?ref=theomnicosm.com) *based on Sunday estimates.*

## Next weekend

Unless I’m missing something on the calendar, there isn’t a big new release next weekend. (There’s some kind of *Gran Turismo* preview event on Tuesday, but that one doesn’t open until Aug. 25.) It should be another easy win for *Barbie*.

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