LOS ANGELES — “Barbie” has legs. Director Greta Gerwig’s movie phenomenon remained a runaway No. 1 on the field workplace in its fourth week, bringing in $33.7 million, in keeping with studio estimates Sunday.

The Margot Robbie-led and produced movie from Warner Bros., nonetheless in 4,137 theaters, refused to drop off as most box-office toppers have this yr, surpassing $500 million in North America general every week after it crossed the $1 billion mark globally - a file for a feminine director.

The second half of the “Barbenheimer” duo, “Oppenheimer,” returned to the No. 2 spot in its personal fourth week after every week at No. 3 general. The Christopher Nolan-directed movie from Universal Pictures introduced in $18.8 million from 3,761 places for an general home complete of $264.3 million.

The prime pair had skinny competitors. The week’s solely main extensive launch, Universal’s “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” completed fifth with a $6.5 million opening weekend.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” in its second week, earned $15.6 million domestically for third place, and the Jason Statham shark sequel, “Meg 2: The Trench,” introduced in $12.7 million, dropping from second to fifth in its second week in theaters.

“Barbie” is poised to turn into 2023’s prime movie. Its $526.3 million home complete and $1.18 billion international bankroll presently sits second behind “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which earned $574.2 million North America, and $1.358 billion globally within the spring. It’s additionally the second-highest grossing movie within the historical past of “Warner Bros.,” behind solely 2011’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.”

The sustained efficiency of the Mattel film continues to flip the script on what had been a weak yr in theaters, with main sequels underperforming together with “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I,” which remained within the prime 10 this week with $4.7 million.

“’Barbie’ is as hot a commodity as it was in its first week. It’s just ensconced at the No. 1 spot, and I don’t know if it’s going anywhere soon,” stated Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. “And Oppenheimer right there with it. They’re just drafting off each other in this box office NASCAR race.”

The midsummer “Barbenheimer” put the industry-wide summer time complete forward of 2022. It was lagging behind only a month in the past.

“If you think of what ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ together - just those two movies - have contributed in these weekends at the box office, it’s really a staggering number,” Dergarabedian stated.

All motion pictures mixed this summer time have earned $3.63 billion in North America. With important releases remaining in August, together with DC Comics’ “Blue Beetle,” the online game adaptation “Gran Turismo,” and the Denzel Washington sequel “The Equalizer 3,” the field workplace has an opportunity of reaching the $4 billion that was thought of a home benchmark for a robust summer time earlier than the pandemic.

Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday by way of Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in keeping with Comscore. Final home figures will probably be launched Monday.

1. “Barbie,” $33.7 million.

2. “Oppenheimer,” $18.8 million.

3. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” $15.6 million.

4. “Meg 2: The Trench,” $12.7 million.

5. “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” $6.5 million.

6. “Haunted Mansion,” $5.6 million.

7. “Talk to Me,” $5.1 million.

8. “Sound of Freedom,” $4.8 million.

9. “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I,” $4.7 million.

10. “Jailer,” 2.6 million.

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