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'Beetle' surpasses 'Barbie' with $25.4M debut: Box office

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 20 Aug 2023 23:26
2 Min Read

Analysts say that prospects for screening the movie overseas are positive. 

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    This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Xolo Maridueña in a scene from "Blue Beetle." (AP)

Data from the Box Office showed on Sunday that the "Blue Beetle" movie surpassed "Barbie" by scoring $24.5 million in ticket sales compared to its competitor's $21.5 million ticket sales.

The DC Studios/Warner Bros. production may have topped the charts this week, but it is estimated that the $25.4 million take was "the lowest DC superhero debut of this era" after "Wonder Woman 1984" released in 2021.     

The "Beetle" movie stars 22-year-old American actor Xolo Mariduena of Latin origins as a college graduate who acquires superpowers as his body is taken over by a mysterious Scarab.

Read more: Barbie film used so much pink paint it triggered worldwide shortage

While reviews have been good for the new superhero movie, analyst David A. Gross says that prospects for screening the movie overseas are positive. 

In the third position came Universal's "Oppenheimer," scoring $10.6 million in ticket sales, data showed. With profits from overseas, the movie went above the $700 million threshold.  

Paramount's animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem" earned fourth place with $8.4 million in ticket sales. 

Fifth place went to Universal's comedy "Strays" at $8.3 million, a movie that cost $46 million to make. 

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