Barbie tiptoes to the top of the box office for second week in a row, hitting $775M globally

Oppenheimer held onto the No. 2 spot, bringing Barbenheimer's global take to over $1 billion.

Long live Barbenheimer!

In their second weeks, Barbie — whose ticket sales declined just 43% from its debut —and Oppenheimer continued to dominate the box office, bolstering a previously lackluster summer box office, as per Comscore.

At the top spot, Barbie earned $93 million domestically, bringing its cume to $351.4 million. Internationally, the Greta Gerwig-directed smash raked in $122.2 million this weekend, bringing the film's worldwide total so far to a staggering $774.5 million.

In only its second week, the certified global phenom is already the third highest-grossing film of the year, behind the Chris Pratt-starring The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. At this pace, Barbie could become only the second film to cross the billion-dollar mark at the global box office, behind other childhood icon Super Mario.

Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in 'Barbie'
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in 'Barbie'. Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros.

Oppenheimer continued to benefit from being hitched to Barbie's hot pink wagon, taking in $46.2 million, for a domestic total of $174 million and a global total of $400.4 million. That brings Barbenheimer's cume to over $1.1 billion.

Opening at No. 3, Disney's all-star Haunted Mansion, inspired by the theme park ride, grossed $24.2 million domestically ($33.3 million globally). With a cast that includes Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, LaKeith Stanfield, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rosario Dawson, and Danny DeVito, the film follows a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.

Owen Wilson, Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish. and Danny DeVito in 'Haunted Mansion'
Owen Wilson, Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish. and Danny DeVito in 'Haunted Mansion'. Disney

"I'm a real fan of the ride," director Justin Simien told EW, noting the sheer amount of Easter eggs littered throughout the film. "I probably would be classified as a Disney Adult if I wasn't making movies for a living."

Rounding out the weekend's top five at the box office, Sound of Freedom continues its controversial run, snagging $12.4 million in its fourth week of release, for a domestic total of $149 million. And Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One shows little sign of life domestically with $10.7 million in its third week, bringing its total in the States to $139.2 million, though it's netted a much more respectable $448.5 million globally.

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