It was Barbie vs. Oppenheimer with one clear winner at the end… Barbie! The film opened with $162 million, the biggest opening of 2023 and the highest of any movie directed by a woman. The film also grossed $182 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $344 million.

Oppenheimer exceeded expectations coming in second place with $80.5 million domestically. It also grossed $93.7 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $174.2 million.

The Q-Anon propaganda Sound of Freedom came in third place with $20.1 million to bring its domestic total to $124.7 million. There’s no international gross.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One went from first to fourth adding $19.5 million to its total. Domestically, it has grossed $118.8 million. Over the week, it added $97.1 million to its international total where it has now grossed $252.1 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $370.9 million.

Rounding out the top five was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny with $6.7 million. Domestically, the film has grossed $159 million. Internationally, it added $19 million over the week to bring that to $176 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed a little over $335 million.

In comic film news…

The Flash added just $400,000 domestically to bring its gross to $107.2 million. Internationally, the film added $3.6 million over the week to lift that to $160.4 million for a worldwide total of $267.6 million.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse grossed $2.8 million to bring its domestic total to $375.2 million. Internationally, the film grossed $5.5 million over the week to bring that total to $300.2 million. Worldwide, the move has grossed $675.4 million.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 grossed $100,000. It has now grossed $358.8 million domestically. Over the week, it grossed $900,000 internationally where it has now earned $484.8 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $843.6 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 50 films earning $311,266,386 from 30,563 theaters. That’s an improvement and over double last weekend’s $140,138,793 from 35,318 theaters and 50 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $10,184.42 this past weekend, about 2.5x from the previous weekend’s $3,967.91.