'Blue Beetle' squashed 'Barbie,' topping the box office with a slightly buzzy $25 million opening weekend.
hit No. 1 this weekend, raking in $25.4 million, per Comscore. Internationally, the caped caper earned an additional $18 million, for a global total of $43.4 million.
Featuring one of DC's lesser-known superheroes, the film, directed by Angel Manuel Soto, stars Xolo Maridueña, playing the title role as well as his alter ego, Jaime Reyes. In the movie, recent college grad Jaime returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches for his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly discovers an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. "With this movie, really what we wanted to highlight was Jaime's story and the Reyes family's story," Maridueña recently. "But my heart is already so fulfilled with this movie.
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