Denzel Washington helps Sony Pictures' 'Equalizer 3' to exceed expectations, while Warner Bros.' 'Barbie' becomes the No. 1 global hit of 2023.
‘Barbie’ has officially surpassed ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ as the highest-grossing domestic release of 2023. ‘Gran Turismo’ debuted at No. 1.The feature has fared well with critics and moviegoers, scoring a solid 76% fresh rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes and an A grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore.
“The appeal of this film is watching Washington do what he does best,” writes film critic Katie Walsh for Tribune News Service, “and he’s having a hell of a lot of fun here, quietly threatening bad guys, flashing toothy grins, pontificating about good and evil and the necessity to do evil in order to be good, putting the hurt on swaggering psychos.”
Opening in wide release next week are Focus Features’ “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” and Warner Bros.’ “The Nun II.”