The accolades rightfully belong to Barbie for its astounding field workplace success, surpassing the billion-dollar mark in simply 17 days. Greta Gerwig’s newest movie achieved this milestone even sooner than James Cameron’s Avatar.
Nevertheless, regardless of Christopher Nolan’s three-hour R-rated epic Oppenheimer simply accumulating over $550 million globally, neither viral sensation can declare the title of highest-grossing film of the weekend. As an alternative, that distinction goes to essentially the most poorly-reviewed blockbuster sequel of the yr.
Surprisingly, regardless of receiving heavy criticism and opening with decrease numbers than its predecessor domestically, Meg 2: The Trench dominated the worldwide field workplace, incomes a whopping $142 million. China accounted for greater than a 3rd of that whole, the place the mix of Jason Statham and native celebrity Wu Jing propelled the movie to a three-day tally surpassing $150 million.
The Trench might not attain the $530 million mark set by the primary movie, however contemplating its decrease manufacturing prices, the margins are usually not as broad as earlier than. As a Warner Bros. co-production, it additionally affords some aid to the studio, which not too long ago confronted setbacks with Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash. This serves as a reminder that even poorly-reviewed films can nonetheless generate vital income if strategically tailor-made to attraction to one of many largest markets in cinema.