It was a good news-bad news weekend for Wonder Woman.
Blue Beetle stars 22-year-old American actor Xolo Mariduena -- who is of mixed Mexican, Cuban and Ecuadoran descent -- as a new college graduate whose body is taken over by the mysterious Scarab, which gives him superhuman powers. Analyst David A. Gross said that while ticket sales for Blue Beetle were only a third the average for new superhero flicks, reviews have been good and overseas prospects are strong.
Oppenheimer, at $10.6 million (roughly Rs. 88 crore). The historical drama about the origins of the first atomic bomb has ed the $700 million (roughly Rs. 5,819 crore) mark globally.
Fourth place went to Paramount's animated Strays, at $8.3 million (roughly Rs. 69 crore), a concerning start for a movie made on a $46 million (roughly Rs. 382 crore) budget.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
Meg 2: The Trench ($6.7 million)
Talk to Me ($3.2 million)
Haunted Mansion ($3 million)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One ($2.7 million)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter ($2.5 million)
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- Release Date 18 August 2023
- Language English
- Genre Action, Adventure, Superhero
- Cast
Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Trujillo, Susan Sarandon
- Director
Angel Manuel Soto
- Producer
Peter Safran, John Rickard
Barbie 5o2a50
- Release Date 21 July 2023
- Language English
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Cast
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Will Ferrell, Issa Rae, Michael Cera, Hari Nef, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Ncuti Gatwa, Emerald Fennell, Sharon Rooney, Scott Evans, Ana Cruz Kayne, Connor Swindells, Ritu Arya, Jamie Demetriou
- Director
Greta Gerwig
- Producer
Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Robbie Brenner, David Heyman
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- Release Date 21 July 2023
- Language English
- Genre Biography, Drama
- Cast
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, Olli Haaskivi, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, Michael Angarano, Kenneth Branagh
- Director
Christopher Nolan
- Producer
Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven
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