Behind the Screens

Meg 2 opens wide, Barbie passes $1B

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Meg 2: The Trench and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem debuted this past week, and we bring you all the box office and insights into the audiences. Barbie passes $1B, we compare June 2023’s box office to previous years, and ask ourselves where the crossover of nostalgic IPs and family film intersect on Behind the Screens.


Topics and times:

  • Domestic box office overview - 1:09
  • Meg 2: The Trench audience analysis - 3:43
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem box office overview - 7:07
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem audience analysis - 8:22
  • July 2023 compared to past years - 12:56
  • Next Week - 15:39


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    Box Office Overview:

    • Barbie, still in first place, brought in $53M domestically, bringing the domestic total to $460M, and has passed the $1B mark after 17 days of release.
    • Meg 2: The Trench made just over $30M domestically with its opening weekend, with $112M internationally from 76 markets for a worldwide total of $142M.
    • Oppenheimer grossed an additional $29.1M domestically, bringing its domestic total not to $229M.
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem made $28M domestically over the the 3-day weekend, though its total since opening on Tuesday sits at $43M domestically, and 8.5M internationally from 24 markets, for a worldwide total of $51.5M.
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