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☆ Warner Bros Discovery expects earnings hit of up to $500 million as strikes drag on
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Discovery has been paying down the hefty debt load that stems from the 2022 merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery.

Persons: David Zaslav, Gunnar Wiedenfels, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Warner Bros, Discovery, Writers Guild of America, Technology

☆ Women are fueling the box office in China and Hollywood should take note
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Women are fueling China's box office despite making up a smaller share of the population — and Hollywood should take note. The higher-than-expected box office spending by Chinese women not only shows a cultural shift, but also a new entry point for American studios. Tapping into this new trend of female moviegoers in China could be a new strategy for Hollywood. While Warner Bros.' "Barbie" has collected only around $35 million so far in China, Tran suggests studios could look to capitalize on a demographic that is being underserved in the marketplace. "Purchasing power of women in China has been increasing for several years," Tan explained.

Persons: Barbie, Kevin Tran, Tran, Tan, China's Organizations: Hollywood, Morning, Warner Bros Locations: China

☆ ‘Barbie’ Is Still Dominating the Summer. So Is the Soundtrack.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Natalia Barr | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ ‘The Equalizer 3’ tops the US box office on opening weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —“The Equalizer 3,” Denzel Washington’s third go as brooding assassin Robert McCall, debuted at the top of the US box office this weekend, raking in $34.5 million. Globally, the film raked in $60.6 million, according to Comscore. According to Variety, “The Equalizer 3” is the second-biggest Labor Day weekend opening, after Marvel’s 2021 hit “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” which pulled in $75 million in its first three days. 2 movie domestically this weekend was “Barbie,” the fantasy-comedy that has spent the past six weeks smashing box-office records and becoming the top-grossing film of 2023. In its opening weekend starting July 21, “Barbie” raked in $155 million domestically — the largest opening weekend of the year and the biggest-ever debut for a female director.

Persons: New York CNN —, Denzel Washington’s, Robert McCall, CNN’s Brian Lowry, ”, Dakota Fanning, “ Barbie, Greta Gerwig, “ Barbie ”, ” “ Barbie Organizations: New, New York CNN, Rotten, Variety, Labor, Warner Bros, Warner Bros . Pictures, Warner Bros . Locations: New York, Washington

☆ ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Trounce Franchise Films to Jolt a Slow Summer at the Box Office
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, oppenheimer

☆ Lidl is recalling a PAW Patrol-branded snack because a website listed on the packaging hosts explicit content
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lidl is recalling PAW Patrol snacks in the UK due to an explicit website link on the packaging. The URL links to pornographic content and used to be the domain name for the snack maker. Lidl urged customers to not view the website and return the products at its stores to get a refund. PAW Patrol is a popular kids' TV show that first aired in 2013, with a movie following in 2021. AdvertisementAdvertisement🚨 URGENT RECALL: Four types of Paw Patrol snacks are being recalled by Lidl after a website URL listed on the back of the packaging was compromised with explicit content unsuitable for children.

Persons: Lidl Organizations: Service, Brands Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Venice Film Festival: All Your Questions About Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ Answered
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

If you refer to “Maestro” as a biopic, expect a sternly worded email from the movie’s reps. It’s also true that “Maestro” doesn’t play by traditional biopic rules. What’s up with that fake nose? But when the film flashes back to Bernstein as a young man, the prosthetic proves intermittently distracting. It’s both too much and not enough: Unlike the fake nose in “The Hours,” which really did render Nicole Kidman unrecognizable, young Bernstein just looks like Bradley Cooper wearing a big beak.

Persons: ” Bernstein, Montealegre, “ Oppenheimer ”, Ferrari, Maestro ”, Bernstein, It’s, ”, Ken ”, “ Barbie, Cooper, Leonard Bernstein, Bradley, he’s, Nicole Kidman, Bradley Cooper Organizations: Netflix

☆ Opinion | Anxiety in the Age of Barbie
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was “the summer of girl power,” a tour de force by a glittering troika. With pink dream houses, songs and sequins, Barbie, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé buoyed the economy and sent women’s confidence soaring. It is a major topic among moms: daughters struggling with anxiety or the effects of anti-anxiety medications, which can include weight gain and loss of libido. Many young college women are ping-ponging between anxiety, without pills, and numbness and body insecurity, with them. These young women seem to have everything, yet they are unable to fully enjoy a stretch in their life that should be sizzling with adventure and promise.

Persons: Barbie, Taylor Swift

☆ Amarena: Outrage as mother of biscuit-stealing bear cub shot dead in Italy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome CNN —The cold-blooded killing of a mother bear known as Amarena has angered animal rights groups and local politicians in Italy. The brown bear was shot by a local resident of San Benedetto dei Marsi just outside the national park of Abruzzo in central Italy, the park confirmed on Friday. “The park veterinarian intervened on the spot with the emergency team, who however could only ascertain the death of the bear given the seriousness of the wound,” the park said on its Facebook page. Amerana was a Marsican brown bear, an endangered species in Italy where fewer than 60 of the bears are still alive. In April, a 17-year-old bear that killed a 26-year-old jogger was sentenced to death in the northern region of Trento.

Persons: Rome, Amarena, dei Marsi, Juan Carrito, Amerana, “, Maurizio Maria Cerrato, Gilberto Pichetto, jogger Organizations: Rome CNN, CNN, Sky24, Park Authority, Ispra Locations: Italy, San, Abruzzo, Avezzano, Cufa, Trento

☆ Welcome to Sweaty, Angry Midlife. Here’s Your Sullen Teenager!
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Sara Austin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

We meet Grace when she’s sitting and sweating in traffic — until, no longer able to bear it, she abandons her car and walks away. She is desperate to get to her teenager’s birthday party across town, hoping to make amends after a fight. An 11th-hour reveal — you may find it moving or manipulative — sheds light on Grace’s particular anxieties. I may be proving the author’s point by noting that her central character can be hard to root for. Try as she might, there is no way to separate your hormones from your true self.

Persons: Grace, she’s, Littlewood, Michael Douglas, Grace Adams, Amy Dunne, Bernadette Fox, Barbie, ”, “, ” Littlewood

☆ Lebanon approves 'Barbie' film for release after bid to ban it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A boy stands near an advertising billboard of the movie 'Barbie' at a cinema theatre, as Lebanon approved the film to be screened in cinemas following an initial attempt to ban it, in Beirut, Lebanon September 1, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi Acquire Licensing RightsBEIRUT, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Lebanon on Friday approved the "Barbie" film to be screened in cinemas following an initial attempt to ban it by its culture minister over claims it contradicts conservative values. Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi in turn asked General Security's censorship committee to review the film and give its recommendation. Kuwait has banned "Barbie" and supernatural horror film "Talk to Me" to protect "public ethics and social traditions", the state news agency said last month. Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, the movie sends Mattel Inc's (MAT.O) Barbie doll on an adventure into the real world.

Persons: Emilie Madi, Mohammad Mortada, Bassam Mawlawi, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Barbie, Ken, Mattel, Nour Hajjar, Maya Gebeily, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, General Security, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Beirut, Rights BEIRUT, Kuwait, Lebanese

☆ September is the cruelest month for stocks. Pros share their trading tips — and what to buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The pros share their expectations and tips for how investors can trade in the month ahead. The volatility isn't over The "potential bite" of aggressive Fed policy could lead to more volatility, said Richard Saperstein, chief investment officer at investment firm Treasury Partners, in a Tuesday note. Avoid tech — but not completely Avoid mega-cap tech stocks such as the "Magnificent Seven" now, the pros said, referring to Apple , Amazon , Alphabet , Meta , Microsoft , Nvidia and Tesla — tech stocks that have made massive gains this year. "Big tech stocks have run and valuations are richer than they have been. Dave Sekera, chief U.S. market strategist at Morningstar, said on Thursday that not all tech stocks are overvalued.

Persons: Richard Saperstein, Ben Kirby, CNBC's, Carol Schleif, George Ball, Sanders Morris Harris, Schleif, Ball, it's, Dave Sekera, Kirby, Thornburg, Morgan Stanley, Andrew Slimmon Organizations: U.S . Federal Reserve, Treasury Partners, Thornburg Investment Management, BMO Family Office, Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Big Tech, Morningstar, Autodesk, Software, Teladoc, CNBC, CME, Hyatt Hotels, Hotels, Resorts, Hilton Hotels, Morgan, Morgan Stanley Investment, United Rentals Locations: U.S, China, Argentine

☆ 'Barbie Botox' goes viral but doctors inject caution
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Leroy Leo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But since the "Barbie" movie released in July, there has been an uptick in demand for use as a cosmetic procedure. Meanwhile, Revance and Evolus Inc (EOLS.O), which make similar toxins under the brand Daxxify and Jeuveau, respectively, told Reuters that though "Barbie Botox" has picked up in recent months, they do not see the trend significantly boosting sales. However, the doctors said they were concerned about a rise in use among younger women - and six doctors warned that procedures by underqualified staff at some medispas raised the risk of complications. Doctors also stressed the risk with administration by people who may not be properly qualified, especially at medispas where there is little oversight. "The science isn't quite there yet, in order to support the clinical profile of it," said Evolus CEO David Moatazedi.

Persons: Margot Robbie, BarbieBotox, that's, Barbie, Dustin Sjuts, Scot Glasberg, Revance, Shilpi Kheterpal, Kheterpal, Doctors, Melissa Levoska, David Moatazedi, Leroy Leo, Sriraj Organizations: Therapeutics, Reuters, Plastic Surgery Foundation, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Evolus Inc, AbbVie Inc, Cleveland Clinic, Icahn School of Medicine, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, medispas, Mount Sinai, Bengaluru

☆ The Forgotten Teenage Trailblazer of Women’s Tennis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | More About Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In practice sessions, Ms. Graber had beat two boys who made the team. Ms. Graber joined the team, where by her own admission, she was not the best player but could still claim many wins. At Cornell, where Ms. Graber played on the women’s tennis team, she met another woman who had also secured a position on a boys’ team. Between 1970 and 1972, the number of high school girls participating in team sports increased from 300,000 to 800,000. “I had a gradual awakening based on what I encountered in school, in Ms. magazine, in what was happening in the world around me,” Ms. Graber Jensen told me.

Persons: Ira Glasser, Graber, —, Phyllis Graber, Phyllis Graber Jensen, Holmes Norton, “, ” Ms, Graber Jensen, ”, Phyllis, Rob Goldberg, Dusty, Goldberg Organizations: American Civil Liberties Union, Education, Bates College, Cornell, tennis, Kenner Locations: Maine

☆ 13 brands, from Coca-Cola to REI, that are pouring money into movies and TV to reach consumers with Hollywood-style storytelling
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Mattel's Barbie is just one of many big brands getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. "Barbie" may be the movie of the summer, but lots of other big brands are getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. Brands are also getting more systematic about tracking the projects' outcome so they can justify the cost. Neutrogena: Neutrogena Studios launched in 2021 and is J&J Consumer's first brand-funded content studio to make feature documentaries and scripted shorts. Showtime/PepsiPepsiCo: PepsiCo's Content Studio is led by veteran PepsiCo marketer Lou Arbetter.

Persons: Barbie, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Oscar, Michael Sugar, Brian Newman, REI, Michael Sugar's, Jae Goodman, Lauren Denowitz, Coke, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard's, Selman Careaga, John Deere, Mara Downing, Al Roker, Jill Wilfert, Robbie Brenner, J.J, Abrams, Lena Dunham, Barney, Daniel Kaluuya, J, Sebastian Garcia, Laurie Hernandez, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck's, Entertainment —, Justin Biskin —, Howard, Lou Arbetter, Max, Robert Rodriguez, Nadia Hallgre, Stanley Nelson, Arbetter, It's, Procter, Kimberly Doebereiner, Paolo Mottola, Kyra Sedgwick, Watiti, Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello, Saint, Pedro Almodóvar, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, it's, Paolo Sorrentino, David Cronenberg, Kelly Mullen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lena Waithe, WePresent, Holly Fraser, Moses Sumney, Solange Knowles, Riz Ahmed, Aneil, Fraser Organizations: Hollywood, Procter, Gamble, Brands, Unilever, InBev, Waffle Iron Entertainment, draftLine Entertainment, Netflix, Coca Cola, Entertainment, Global, Deere, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Mattel, Neutrogena Studios, Studio, Kerry, Seattle Film, Ghetto Film, HBO Nike, Nike, Waffle, Apple, HBO, Showtime, Pepsi PepsiCo, PepsiCo, Pepsi Super, Pepsi, G Studios, Imagine, Amazon's, Hulu, Paramount, Blue Fox Entertainment, Saint Laurent Productions, Unilever Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, Monotype Locations: Hollywood, Kerry Washington, American, Cannes, Britain

Discovery, was among the Western studios to pull out of Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. A “Barbie House” photo zone was set to open in Moscow last week and Russian clothing brands have launched pink Barbie-themed collections. “Hi Barbie!” one Moscow-based influencer said to her fans, asking them which of her Barbie looks they like the most. Commentaries in state media have linked the movie and the doll to the United States’ “downhill” culture and geopolitical aims. Now they have somewhat different ideals,” said Moscow State Pedagogical University Associate Professor Tatyana Semenova according to Russia’s privately owned National News Service outlet.

Persons: Barbie ”, Barbiemania, “ Barbie, hasn’t, ”, Barbie, Bulkin Sergey, “, influencer, Specialnaya, doesn’t, Dmitry Kosyrev, –, Maria Butina, Butina, Tatyana Butskaya, Barbie don’t, Tatyana Semenova Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros, Russia Russia’s Ministry of Culture, Warner Bros Discovery, RIA Novosti, Press, Moscow, Mattel, Hollywood, Duma, International Affairs, State, State Duma, Moscow State Pedagogical University, National News Service Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russia Russia’s, Siberian, Tyumen, Moscow, Russian, EU, United States, Asia, South, Vietnam, United Russia

☆ Venice Film Festival: Emma Stone Is a Bizarro Barbie in ‘Poor Things’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And you thought Barbie’s creation myth was head-spinning! “Poor Things,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, often plays like a wild, art-house remix of Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster doll opus. But this is no family film: As baby-brained Bella starts to come of age, her lack of inhibitions steers her toward sexual situations that had the Venice moviegoer next to me squirming in his seat. Quite literally a child in a woman’s body, Bella can barely string words together and is given to shocking outbursts. Even gaining control of her limbs is a challenge: Bella lurches through Baxter’s mansion like a zombie dressed in drag, which I suppose she kind of is.

Persons: Billie Eilish, “ Barbie, Bella Baxter, “, ”, Emma Stone, Yorgos Lanthimos, she’s, Willem Dafoe, Greta Gerwig’s, brained Bella, Alasdair Gray, Tony McNamara, Bella, Dafoe’s Dr, Godwin Baxter, McCandles, Ramy Youssef, Bella lurches Locations: Venice

☆ ‘We are casualties of this’: A film influencer with 470,000 TikTok followers on scrambling to take second jobs, making up for lost income, and facing online hate as Hollywood’s strikes drag on
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Jasmine Paige Moore, a TikTok creator, tells Insider about giving up content creation and returning to bartending during the strike. This first-person as-told-to story is based on an August interview with Jasmine Paige Moore, a content creator with nearly 470,000 followers on TikTok and nearly 23,000 on Instagram. Within the first few days of the Hollywood actors' strike, a friend of mine — a fellow content creator with a large following on TikTok — faced backlash from users online. "We as content creators should be helping to educate each other, not tearing each other down," I wrote. And what this whole experience has done more than anything is show me that the content creator community has really not had a voice during this strike.

Persons: Jasmine Paige Moore, TikTok —, he'd, I didn't, I've, AFTRA, they'll, We've, Con, Barbie, what's, we're, influencers, There's, haven't, they've, —, Reed Alexander Organizations: SAG, bartending, Hollywood, San Diego Comic, Warner Bros, Guild of America Locations: influencers, I'm, bartending

Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Lumen Field on July 22, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. A concert film of Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" is hitting movie theaters on Friday, Oct. 13 – the same day as the next installment of the "Exorcist" horror franchise, making for another potential wild movie double feature. Discovery' s "Barbie" and Universal' s "Oppenheimer" hit theaters on the same day, leading to a double-feature cultural event and driving massive box office sales. "The Exorcist: Believer," produced by horror film studio Blumhouse, takes place 50 years after the original film. The film stars Leslie Odom Jr. of "Hamilton" fame and Ellen Burstyn, who starred in the 1973 demonic possession classic.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Lumen Field, Taylor, hashtag, Oppenheimer, Leslie Odom Jr, Hamilton, Ellen Burstyn, Swift Organizations: Warner Bros, Universal Locations: Seattle , Washington

☆ Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and 'Barbenheimer' are lifting consumer spending this quarter. But Morgan Stanley says it may not last
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Barbie, Oppenheimer Getty ImagesConsumer spending may not be out of the woods. Real spending is expected to come in 1.9% higher in the third quarter, helped in part by stadium tours from music superstars Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, as well as summer movie blockbusters "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer," according to Morgan Stanley. Taken together, Morgan Stanley economist Sarah Wolfe said the "unprecedented" revenues tied to these events should add a seventh of one percentage point to consumption growth in the quarter. Simultaneously, Wolfe said the return of student loan payments this fall should pull consumption down another by another eighth of a percentage point. "In 4Q, these factors not only unwind, but the October expiration of the student loan moratorium further weighs on consumption."

Persons: Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Morgan Stanley, Sarah Wolfe, Wolfe Organizations: Oppenheimer Getty, PCE Locations: U.S

☆ "Barbenheimer" makes waves for July's movie spending, but box office recovery still lags
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Amina Niasse | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - "Barbenheimer" - the twin-bill summer box office phenom - sure helped to drive U.S. consumers back to cinemas last month, but movie-going is still struggling to catch up to other recreational spending categories post-pandemic. While that helped long-suffering box office receipts, it made less of a splash for overall consumer spending when compared to larger categories like clothing and household furnishings, economists at Oxford Economics said. It made a big difference in the live-event spending area though, at least for the moment. This summer’s box office has been out of the ordinary with ticket sales for the season up $500 million from last summer’s sales, according to data firm Box Office Mojo. While other categories of live-event spending have fully recovered from the hit delivered by pandemic shutdowns, film attendance outlays remain at roughly 65% of their pre-COVID levels.

Persons: Mike Blake, Oppenheimer, Michael Pearce, Taylor, Amina Niasse, Dan Burns, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, Commerce Department, Warner Bros, Oxford Economics, Graphics, Mojo, Sporting, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Gillette, Billboard, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Massachusetts

COPENHAGEN, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Lego continued to take market share in the first six months of the year even as the toy market declined and Chinese consumers returned to stores at a slower pace than expected, the Denmark-based toymaker said on Wednesday. By comparison, Lego grew sales 17% last year and 27% the year before. "But we've taken market share and have grown 10% faster than the market." The company's consumer sales grew 3% in a market that declined by 7%, meaning it grabbed market share from competitors like Hasbro (HAS.O) and Barbie-maker Mattel (MAT.O). He said he believes Lego can continue opening stores at the same pace for another five to 10 years.

Persons: toymaker, Niels Christiansen, Christiansen, Jacob Gronholt, Pedersen, David Holmes Organizations: Reuters, Hasbro, Mattel, Eiffel, Thomson Locations: COPENHAGEN, Denmark, China

☆ The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously estimated
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington, DC CNN —The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously estimated — a good sign for the Federal Reserve, which is attempting to cool demand to bring down price increases. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, rose at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the second quarter, according to the Commerce Department’s second estimate, released Wednesday morning. The second estimate factored in greater consumer spending, government outlays and exports, compared with the initial estimate. Economic growth in the second quarter was mostly broad based, but there were some signs of weakened demand for goods purchases and imports. Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of economic output, was revised slightly higher in the second estimate.

Persons: ”, Bill Adams, Barbie, Taylor Swift, Jerome Powell, ” Powell, Biden, Lydia Boussour, “ Organizations: DC CNN, Federal Reserve, Gross, Commerce, Consumer, Comerica Bank, The Commerce Department, Kansas City, Atlanta Fed, Fed Locations: Washington, United States, Wells Fargo, EY

☆ ‘Barbie’ is Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing global release ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Comscore estimated a global total of $1,341,854,460 through Monday for “Barbie.”On Monday, Warner Bros. said “Barbie” will pass “Harry Potter” to become its highest grossing film globally. “Barbie” and the “Harry Potter” films are distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which is owned by CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. A blockbuster summerJust last week, “Barbie” surpassed “Super Mario Bros.” as the highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office this year. “Barbie” also was crowned Warner Bros. Discovery’s highest-grossing domestic release, beating out “The Dark Knight” in 2008. In late August, “Blue Beetle” — also distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures — unseated “Barbie” from the top of the US box office.

Persons: ”, Harry Potter, Greta Gerwig’s “, “ Barbie, Harry Potter ”, “ Barbie ”, Barbie ’, Paul Dergarabedian, ” Dergarabedian, Dergarabedian, Mario, “, Knight ”, Gerwig, — Organizations: New, New York CNN, Warner Bros, Disney, Star Wars, Office, Century Fox, Warner Bros . Pictures, Warner Bros ., Mattel, Discovery’s Locations: New York

☆ 'Oppenheimer' shows Christopher Nolan is the prestige box office hero Hollywood needs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

LOS ANGELES — Christopher Nolan's films, from "The Dark Knight" to "Inception," have been a force at the box office for a solid two decades. As of Sunday, the dizzying, dialogue-heavy three-hour epic has generated around $300 million at the domestic box office, the fifth-most this year, and topped $777 million globally, the fourth-highest, since its July 21 debut. And that's without ever being the number one film at the domestic box office. "Oppenheimer" is Nolan's third highest-grossing domestic release, behind 2008's "The Dark Knight" and 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises." Both "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises" generated more than $1 billion at the global box office.

Persons: Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Mario, Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Angel Studio's Organizations: ANGELES, Warner Bros, Mario Bros, Universal, year's, Legendary Entertainment Locations: what's, Hollywood, Dunkirk

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