Hollywood
Box Office: 'Blue Beetle' Scores Second Lowest Opening In The DCEU
Los Angeles, August 21 - DC Studios' latest superhero movie "Blue Beetle" has a lower opening than expected at the domestic (North America) box office. The movie, however, dethroned Margot Robbie's mega-blockbuster " Barbie" to claim the number 1 spot during the weekend of August 18-20.## "Blue Beetle" scored $25.4 million in its opening weekend, which is the second lowest opening in the modern DC era, ahead of just "Wonder Woman 1984" ($16.7 million) which had a debacle day and date release on HBO Max during the peak of covid-19 pandemic in December 2020.## Directed by Ãngel Manuel Soto, "Blue Beetle" was expected to project to score $30 million which would have still made it the lowest DC starter in 2023, behind "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" which grossed $30.1 million earlier this year.## At the international box office, "Blue Beetle" starring Xolo Maridueña as the alien symbiote, added $18 million from 63 markets. With $43 million globally, it's one of the softest starts in the history of the DC Cinematic Universe. In India, the movie has one of the lowest superhero openings with just around $720K (6 crores gross) in the 3-day weekend.## The audience word of mouth is positive for the movie with 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and CinemaScore is B+. The movie, however, will need to perform strong legs going forward to justify its budget which is around $120 million.## Stay tuned...
