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Barbie's four-week streak atop the domestic box office has come to an end as DC's Blue Beetle has claimed the top spot. Unfortunately, it did so with not-so-super ticket sales of $25.4 million in North America.
Why are box office numbers always framed as a competition in the USA? Did I read once that, for example, movies in France report the number of people that attended–not how much money was spent?
Why are box office numbers always framed as a competition in the USA? Did I read once that, for example, movies in France report the number of people that attended–not how much money was spent?
It has become an easy way to create a narrative in American movies, especially after Covid cleared the slate on how movies used to perform.
First Oppenheimer, now Blue Beetle.
I still don’t get what my movie has to do with either one of these movies.