00:00Blue Beetle has dethroned Barbie at the box office.
00:03After ruling the box office for four weekends,
00:06Barbie fell to second place as DC's superhero film Blue Beetle took the top spot.
00:10It's called the Scarab.
00:12I had no idea it would activate.
00:15It has to choose you.
00:16The movie that marks the first live-action superhero film built around a Latino protagonist
00:21opened to an estimated $25.4 million in North America.
00:25Overseas, the film took in $18 million from 63 markets
00:28for a global start of $43.4 million.
00:31Blue Beetle came in behind expectations.
00:34Its release was hampered by the SAG-AFTRA strike
00:36as the cast couldn't participate in the publicity tour.
00:39Plus, Tropical Storm Hillary likely dampened grosses in Los Angeles,
00:42the film's top market, as well as other parts of the Southwest.
00:45Post acquired.
00:47Who said that?
00:48Systems tracking.
00:49Three, two, three.
00:52Over the weekend, Barbie took in $21.5 million
00:56for a domestic cume of $567.3 million.
01:00It earned another $26 million overseas
01:02for a foreign cume of $711.9 million
01:05and $1.279 billion globally.
01:09Humans only have one ending.
01:12Get that Barbie!
01:15Ideas live forever.
01:17For the full box office breakdown, go to THR.com.
01:20For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
01:22I'm Tiffany Taylor.
01:42I'm Tiffany Taylor.
01:46I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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