by Nathaniel R
What did you see this past weekend? Among the new options were the Sundance hits Shortcomings an Asian American drama and the bisexual drama Passages starring Ben Whishaw, Adele Exarchopolous and Franz Rogowski. In wide release the new titles were action movies like Meg 2 and the latest reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. But Barbie still reigns...
| Weekend Box Office Aug 4-6 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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| WIDE (Over 600 Screens) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 BARBIE |
 SHORTCOMINGS |
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1 ★ BARBIE $53 (cum. $459.3) 4,178 screens |
1 🔺 THEATER CAMP (US, comedy) $602k (cum. $2.4) 555 screens |
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2 🔺 MEG 2 THE TRENCH $30 *NEW* 3503 screens |
2 🔺 SHORTCOMINGS (US, comedy) $300k *NEW* 404 screens |
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3 ★ OPPENHEIMER $29.1 (cum. $228.9) 3,612 screens
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3 DREAMIN' WILD (US, music drama) $136k *NEW* 402 screens |
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4 🔺 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM $28 (cum. $43) 3,858 screens |
4 CATVIDEOFEST 2023 $122k *NEW* 36 screens |
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5 HAUNTED MANSION $9.2 (cum. $42.2) 3740 screens |
5 THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (Japan, anime) 110k (cum. $1.0) 71 screens |
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6 SOUND OF FREEDOM $7.5 (cum. $164) 2975 screens |
6 ★ 🔺 PASSAGES (France/Germany, drama) $63k *NEW* 3 screens |
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7 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -DEAD RECKONING PART ONE $6.6 (cum. $151.1) 2422 screens |
7 ★ THE MIRACLE CLUB (Ireland/UK, Drama) $49k (cum. $1.7) 65 screens |
 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7 |
 PASSAGES |
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8 TALK TO ME $6.2 (cum. $22.1) 2,370 screens |
8 RANSOMED (UK, doc) $45k *NEW* 25 screens |
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9 INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY $1.5 (cum. $170.7) 1190 screens |
9 GO WEST (US, comedy) $32K (cum. $260k) 16 screens |
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10 ELEMENTAL $1.3 (cum. $148.4) 1160 screens |
10 KOKOMO CITY (US, doc) $18K (cum. $40k) 25 screens |
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11 INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR $1 (cum. $80.6) 825 screens |
11 AFIRE (Germany, dramedy) $14K (cum. $155k) 21 screens |
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12 ★ CONTEMPT (France drama, rerelease) $10k (cum. $139k) 5 screens |
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13 THE ESSENTIAL CHURCH (US, christian right wing doc) $9k (cum. $394k) 57 screens |
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14 ★ SHIVA BABY (US comedy, rerelease) $7k *NEW* 7 screens |
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only 11 movies in wide release |
15 ★ LAKOTA NATION VS UNITED STATES (US doc) $7k (cum. $36k) 18 screens |
Barbie recently became the first movie by a female director to reach $1 billion at the global box office.
Next weekend the new titles include the racing drama Gran Turismo and the dracula legend origin story The Last Voyage of the Demeter. At the arthouses the options include the sci-fi thriller Aporia and the horror comedy Medusa Deluxe. Meanwhile for those staying home to stream Red White and Royal Blue hits Amazon Prime, the romantic comedy Love in Taipei arrives on Paramount + and the Gal Gadot spy action drama Heart of Stone drops on Netflix.