This weekend for all movies stands at an estimated$178M.
I hear that Jason Statham and the cast didnt do that much press here in the U.S.
Such is the plus of opening a sequel off the gas of its established IP.
‘Barbie, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ and Meg 2.Warner Bros/Universal/Everett
The firstMegs campy comedic marketing campaign five years ago already did the heavy lifting in establishing the brand.
The sequels trailers just needed to run with it.
UnisOppenheimeris third with$28.7M.
© Paramount Pictures / courtesy Everett CollectionParamount Pictures
Since opening, per EntTelligene,Barbenheimer, has pulled in 55.5M moviegoers.
Broken out, thats 39M forBarbieand another 16.5M forOppenheimer.
Wow, that was easy.
Typically, when theres a tie in an upper ranking, especially No.
1, its a game of chicken among the majors on Sunday morning when calling it.
More specifically, theres a delay in reporting, with snarking all around.
Turtlesis a huge win for the Brian Robbins Paramount administration, particularly as he builds out and revives franchises.
Said Chris Aronson, Paramounts domestic distribution boss, Were over the moon with this opening.
We exceeded pre-release expectations with this movie, which has been a labor of love for a long time.
Why skip an opportunity?
Very smart on the Melrose lot for being fearless and creative sans stars in their promotion.
Rival studios, take note.
Thats enough ooze to keep chugging into the fall.
Thats on top of the pics already A CinemaScore.
Men showing up at 60% to womens 40%, with 56% of the crowd between 18-34.
The biggest demo is 18-24 at 34%.
Adam Arons AMC Burbank is the top-grossing movie theater in the nation at $103K-plus so far.
Ahead of release, RelishMix said those stats were under family animated averages.
But clearly theres an appetite here for the movie, as its greatly over-performing.
South Central and South are the biggest-grossing regions.
It just goes to show how far weve come along at the box office.
Running total by Sunday will be$457.4M.
Pic is director Christopher Nolans fourth highest domestic bestingBatman BeginsandDunkirk.
Previous R-rated $200M Uni champ was 2012sTed,which took 37 days to that benchmark.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score is 94% to go along with that A CinemaScore.
Audiences are so-so on it so far at 66% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Thats better than the 43% the first movie notched with RT crowds.
The Christopher Nolan-directed movie earned$5.58Myesterday at 3,647 theaters taking its two-week total to$199.86M.
Last night from previews that began at 3PM, the shark sequel did$3.2Mat 3,400 locations.
The $129M costingMeg 2has a 50% stake from Chinas CMC.
Its a popcorn film for the masses, not for the tweeds.
Meanwhile, Paramount/Nickelodeon/Point GreysTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemsaw its 2-day box office rise to $15M.
