Christi CarrasLos Angeles TimesDolls triumphed over video games this week as Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” officially surpassed Universal Pictures’ “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” as the highest-grossing domestic release of 2023. This weekend, Greta Gerwig’s girl-powered juggernaut is expected to finish second behind Sony Pictures’ “Gran Turismo” at the box office, grossing $17.1 million in its sixth frame for a North American cumulative of $594.8 million, according to measurement firm Comscore. “Super Mario,” released in April, peaked at $574.3 million in the United States and Canada earlier this year. “As a piece of purely mechanical, revved-up entertainment, ‘Gran Turismo’ really does work,” writes film critic Katie Walsh for Tribune News Service. Sony actually delayed the release of “Gran Turismo” two weeks because of the work stoppage.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 28, 2023 11:58 UTC