"Record-breaking 'Barbie' dominates box office, crushing right-wing outrage"

TL;DR
Despite promotional efforts by Margot Robbie, America Ferrara, and director Greta Gerwig, the film "Barbie" opened in fourth place at the South Korean box office, earning just $1.19 million over the weekend. The highest opener was the Japanese animation film "Detective Conan the Movie: Black Iron Submarine," while "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" remained the box office champion. "Elemental" held on to second place, and Korean animation film "Super Wings: Maximum Speed" opened in sixth place. The total weekend box office was $14.7 million, showing stability at a higher level compared to the previous months.
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