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"Barbie" makes history at the box office
11 minutes Posted Jul 24, 2023 at 9:30 am.
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The movie "Barbie" brought in at least a whopping $155 million in its opening weekend, making it one of the biggest movies of 2023, according to early Sunday projections from Comscore. Does this signal America’s return to the movies?

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