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‘Blue Beetle’ unseats ‘Barbie’ atop box office, ending four-week reign

It was a good news/bad news weekend for "Blue Beetle," the latest superhero film to hit North American theaters and the first built around a live-action Latino protagonist.

The DC Studios/Warner Bros. production topped the charts for the Friday-through-Sunday period and even dethroned "Barbie," that reigning queen of pinkness, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said on Aug. 20.

Will ‘Barbie’ movie change Ken’s popularity?

On and off the big screen, it's Barbie's world and Ken is just living in it. As reflected in Greta Gerwig's blockbuster movie that tackles the legacy Mattel's famous doll, Barbie has always been more popular than Ken. For every Ken doll sold today, there's generally eight to 10 Barbies sold, according to Jim Silver, a toy industry expert and CEO of review site of TTPM.

'Barbenheimer' sweeps N American box offices in historic weekend

Warner Bros.' "Barbie" conquered North American box offices in its debut weekend as it raked in a stunning $155 million, while the other half of the movie-going event of the summer, the dark biopic "Oppenheimer," also scored big with $80.5 million in revenue, industry estimates reported on July 23.

Taylor Swift, The Weeknd invited to join Oscars panel

Taylor Swift, best supporting actor Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, "Elvis" star Austin Butler, "Nope's" Keke Palmer and The Weeknd have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The organization behind the Oscars said Wednesday that it extended invitations to 398 individuals to join its ranks this year.

Rachel Brosnahan, David Corenswet in ‘Superman: Legacy’

Clark Kent and Lois Lane have officially been cast in James Gunn's new DC superhero blockbuster "Superman: Legacy."

Rachel Brosnahan has been tapped to play Lois Lane and David Corenswet will wear Superman's iconic red cape, representatives for Warner Bros. Pictures, the film's studio, confirmed to CNN on June 27.

'The Flash' dashes to box office win but stumbles short of estimates

Warner Bros.' "The Flash" sprinted to the top of North American box offices in its opening weekend, in a Friday-to-Sunday run dominated by spin-offs and sequels.

But the live-action take on the DC Comics superhero only brought in $55.1 million, according to figures released Sunday by Exhibitor Relations - earnings that analysts said were "far below estimates" for its debut.

First images of 'Lord of the Rings' anime at French fest

Critics got a sneak preview of an anime prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" at one of the world's top animation festivals in France.

"The War of the Rohirrim" film, due for release in April 2024, is set 250 years before the events of the main trilogy of books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

It is being directed by Kenji Kamiyama, who worked on the landmark manga film "Akira" in 1988.

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