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‘Blue Beetle’ Looks To Fly To $30M U.S. Opening; UPDATE: knocks Barbie out of top spot

posted a year ago by Satan2016 (25582)
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https://deadline.com/2023/08/box-office-blue-beetle-projection-1235456911/

Unlike last August which was totally lacking product after Sony’s Bullet Train, the month looks to keep chugging even as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue and many talent not permitted to promote. Recently, Warner Bros/DC’s Blue Beetle hit tracking with an eye on a $30M start when it opens on Aug. 18.

With Blue Beetle, Warner Bros is delivering what is arguably the first feature film superhero for Latino and Hispanic audiences. The pic was originally conceived for streamer HBO Max, developed under the DC Walter Hamada-run regime, but transitioned quite early to the theatrical release schedule.

[–] RustyShckleford (191) a year ago

LOL this thing ain't getting close to $30 million. More like $15 million.

[–] Kowalski (76345) a year ago

LOL NEGATIVITY LOL.🫤

[–] RustyShckleford (191) a year ago

Just being realistic

[–] Kowalski (76345) a year ago

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[–] RustyShckleford (191) a year ago

See you back in this thread when this is a major flop

[–] Kowalski (76345) a year ago

OK...LIKE...WHATEVER...I ONLY CARE ABOUT THE FILM BEING ENTERTAINING...BUT...IT'S A DATE...SEE YOU THEN,SWEETIE.😘

[–] Satan2016 (25582) a year ago

Fake News troll is wrong again!

[–] furiousstyles (4391) a year ago

I think this could be DOA.

[–] Satan2016 (25582) a year ago

‘Blue Beetle’ Has Ticket To Ride Past ‘Barbie’ This Weekend – Box Office Preview
https://deadline.com/2023/08/blue-beetle-barbie-strays-box-office-1235520300/

In what is poised to be a case of Warner Bros beating itself for the No. 1 spot at the box office this coming weekend, the studio’s new DC superhero title, Blue Beetle, is poised to halt Barbie‘s three-weekend streak with a $28M-$32M opening. Barbie, meanwhile per industry sources, is looking at a $22M-$24M fourth weekend, -30%. Through Monday, the Greta Gerwig directed Mattel doll feature counts $531.2M.

As we told you, the Angel Manuel Soto directed Blue Beetle is overindexing with Latino and Hispanic audiences, hence the hope is that there will be plenty of walk-up business, which was the case with Warner’s The Meg 2: The Trench hitting a $30M start at the top of its projections two weekends ago. Blue Beetle crawls into 3,850 locations and will play in Imax, which the pic gains in full from Oppenheimer. In addition the DC superhero movie, which was originally conceived for Warner streaming service Max, will play in Dolby Cinemas, PLFs, drive-ins, and motion seats. Previews start Thursday at 2PM.

[–] Tonez78 (517) a year ago

Good Barbie blows ass. Its only a film for five year old girls and woke retards. Goes to show the intelligence of the "modern audience", when a movie like Barbie is successful.