{"id":2007516,"date":"2023-08-21T21:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbie-dethroned-at-box-office-by-dcs-blue-beetle\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T21:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:13:05","slug":"barbie-dethroned-at-box-office-by-dcs-blue-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbie-dethroned-at-box-office-by-dcs-blue-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"DC&#8217;s &#8216;Blue Beetle&#8217; dethrones &#8216;Barbie&#8217; at the box office."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbarbie-dethroned-at-box-office-by-dcs-blue-beetle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007516&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canadian actor Ryan Gosling and Australian \u200dactress\u2062 Margot Robbie (R) pose \u2063on \u2062the pink carpet upon arrival for the European premiere of \u201cBarbie\u201d in central \u2063London on July 12, 2023. (Photo by JUSTIN\u200b TALLIS \/ AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP \u200dvia\u200b Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>6:05 PM \u2013 Monday,\u200d August 21, \u200b2023<\/p>\n<p><em>Barbie<\/em> was dethroned of \u200bits number\u200d one spot at the\u200b box office by\u200c the new movie <em>Blue Beetle<\/em> from\u2064 DC. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Barbie<\/em> had been the\u200c number one movie for five \u2062weeks \u200din a row\u200b until \u2062 <em>Blue Beetle<\/em> took the lead this past \u200bweekend.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend the new\u2064 superhero movie made $25.4 million, while <em>Barbie<\/em> dropped to $21.5 million. <\/p>\n<p><em>Blue Beetle<\/em> follows a\u2062 recent college grad who returns home\u2064 full of\u2064 aspirations for his future,\u200c only to find that home is not quite as he left it.\u00a0It \u2063is said that as the grad, Jaime Reyes, searches \u200bto find\u200c his purpose in the world. Fate intervenes\u2063 when he unexpectedly\u200b finds himself in \u2064possession of an\u200c ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. This is said to \u201cforever change his\u2064 destiny as he\u2064 becomes \u2063the superhero\u2063 Blue Beetle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Barbie<\/em> had\u200b become a box office sensation. The\u200c film has grossed\u200b several times its budget thanks to positive reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Barbenheimer\u2019 craze circulating the internet, which \u200bis people who watch both <em>Barbie<\/em> and\u200c <em>Oppenheimer<\/em> on the same day, also helped \u2064with increasing sales.<\/p>\n<p><em>Barbie<\/em> surpassed \u2064$1 billion in\u200b global sales more than a week ago. The film\u2019s running total in the United States is\u2064 $567 million, making it one\u200d of the most successful films of\u200d 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, <em>Barbie<\/em> is still said to most\u200d likely make a comeback this weekend taking back its number one\u200d spot. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts\u200d directly to your inbox for\u200b free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Joe Biden\u200b jets off to Hawaii, Trump pays $200,000 in Fulton County and\u200d Fat Bottomed\u2062 Girls get blacklisted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington suggests the timing of the latest indictment of Donald Trump reeks of collusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The death toll \u2063from the Maui wildfires continues\u200b to rise, with at least\u2064 111 confirmed fatalities as of\u2062 Friday while nearly\u200b 1,000\u200d others remain missing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signs the Opportunity Scholarship Act, which commits $50 \u200dmillion dollars in tax credits to children across the \u2064state.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By David Shepardson (Reuters) \u2013 Montana\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-pick-for-top-us-general-grilled-about-memo-seeking-racial-quotas-in-air-force-recruiting\/\" title=\"Biden's top US general nominee questioned over memo on racial quotas in Air Force recruitment.\">attorney general asked<\/a> a U.S. judge \u2064to uphold a first-of-its kind state ban on the \u2063use\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia has banned\u200c TikTok, messaging app \u200dTelegram and online\u200c betting website 1XBet to limit the spread of indecent content \u200dand\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>OTTAWA \u2062(Reuters) \u2062\u2013 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau \u2062on Monday blasted Meta for\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-pm-trudeau-blasts-meta-for-blocking-news-during-wildfires\/\" title=\"Canada PM Trudeau criticizes Meta for blocking news during wildfires.\">banning\u200b domestic news<\/a> from its platforms\u200c as wildfires rage,\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>(Reuters)\u2062 \u2013 Micron Technology said on Monday federal funding \u2063and investment tax credits \u200cwould be necessary to develop its memory\u2062 chip manufacturing\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian actor Ryan Gosling and Australian actress Margot Robbie posed on the pink carpet at the European premiere of &#8220;Barbie&#8221; in central London on July 12, 2023. The event was captured in a photo by JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP via Getty Images. OAN&#8217;s Abril Elfi reported on the dethronement of Barbie at 6:05 PM on Monday, August 21, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2196,"featured_media":2007517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}