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'Barbie' tops North American box office for 4th straight weekend

14 Aug 2023 02:44pm
Warner Bros Pictures' fantasy comedy ‘Barbie’ took the top spot at the North American box office - FILE PIX
Warner Bros Pictures' fantasy comedy ‘Barbie’ took the top spot at the North American box office - FILE PIX
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LOS ANGELES - Warner Bros Pictures' fantasy comedy ‘Barbie’ took the top spot at the North American box office for fourth consecutive weekend with an estimated three-day cume of US$33.7 million, showed figures from the measurement firm Comscore on Sunday.

The live-action film, directed by American female filmmaker Greta Gerwig, has grossed US$526.3 million in North America through Sunday.

"The film has captured the imagination of moviegoers around the world and the results are incredibly impressive with a massive global cume through this weekend of US$1.184 billion," wrote Comscore senior movie analyst Paul Dergarabedian in an email to Xinhua.

Based on the iconic Barbie fashion dolls, ‘Barbie’ features an all-star cast including Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Universal Pictures' biographical drama ‘Oppenheimer’, directed by Christopher Nolan, came in second with US$18.8 million on its fourth weekend for a North American total of US$264.3 million.
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Rounding out the Top 3, Paramount's animated superhero film ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ earned US$15.75 million on its second weekend, pushing its North American total to US$72.8 million dollars - BERNAMA

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