We\u2019re deep in the dog days of summer, but summer movie season is hotter than ever. Even with the writers\u2019 strike, and now the actors\u2019 strike, Hollywood news isn\u2019t slowing down. This week finds Barbenheimer dominating the box office, a film set being robbed of an iconic prop, Spider-Man rumors, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Barbie<\/em> and Oppenheimer<\/em> morphed into an internet phenomenon affectionately dubbed “Barbenheimer” by movie fans, but online buzz and meme-able marketing campaigns don’t always translate to box office success. Luckily, the opposite was the case for Barbenheimer, with box movies crushing the box office in their opening weekends and continuing to bring in money across the globe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Greta Gerwig’s Barbie<\/em> nabbed $162 domestically during its opening weekend and it’s now up to a global total of $472.6 million through Tuesday on a budget of $145 million, more than making back its money and then some. As for Oppenheimer<\/em>, Christopher Nolan’s epic pulled in $82.5 domestically its opening weekend and is now up to $221 million worldwide. The budget was a relatively trim $100 and even with the marketing campaign doubling that number, anything Oppenheimer<\/em> makes from here on out is just adding to the total. Neither appears to be running out of steam, and even with The Haunted Mansion <\/em>opening this weekend, it’s certain that Barbenheimer will continue to ring up the box office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Recently, the set of the long-gestating Beetlejuice 2<\/em> was burglarized, and fans of the 1988 original movie may very well recognize the prop that was stolen. In a Twitter post, the Vermont State Police account posted that the set had been burglarized and revealed that a famous statue had been stolen along with a few other things. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Beetlejuice 2 Film Set Was Robbed Of An Iconic Prop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n