Weekend Box Office Results are in!

Blue Beetle Takes Over the Box Office it’s 

Opening Weekend!

The film, Blue Beetle came in first at the domestic box office earning $25 million in opening weekend, earning $43 million globally. Blue Beetle beat out Barbie for the top spot after leading the box office ranking for the last four weeks. 

The turn out for the Blue Beetle was tremendous for the first Latino Lead Superhero movie. “Blue Beetle’ is one of the Latino films that our community has been waiting for,” said Brenda Victoria Castillo, the president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition when speaking with the Los Angeles Times

Let’s continue the momentum for Blue Beetle. This Sunday August 27th, movie goers can purchase a $4 ticket in celebration of National Cinema Day.  For one day, all movies in all formats and at all showtimes, will be $4 at participating theaters. There are more than 3,000 theaters participating, including AMC and Regal theaters. 

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