BOX OFFICE: “Barbie” Barrels on — another $53, “Mutant Ninja Turtles” battle “Oppenheimer” for second, “The Meg 2” opens at $25 million

Another HUGE Friday ($17 million) means that it’s another Pretty in Pink weekend at the box office.

Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster satire “Barbie” will clear $54 million by Sunday night, and tally a north American total of over $457 million by midnight Sunday, according to Deadline.com.

This is a real “world is her oyster” moment for Gerwig. Let’s hope she makes the most of it. Curious about her “take” on “The Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, but it’s not like we saw anything of the possibilities she found in a Mattel toy project that became “Barbie.” So, judgment withheld.

BUT WAIT…“The Meg 2: The Trench” is doing a robust $30 million+ opening, not bad for a bad movie on a VERY crowded weekend with blockbusters all around it.

That’s enough to edge the third weekend of the three hour epic “Oppenheimer,” but maybe not. It’s also marching towards $28.7 million.

The latest iteration of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” a noisy, edgy and animated version based on a Seth Rogen (co-written) script opened Wed. and has cleared over $40 million over 5 days, $27.9 million over three days. “Mutant Mayhem” indeed.

“Haunted Mansion” will fall just short of $10 million ($9 according to Deadline) on its second weekend, probably landing it in fifth place. It’s over $42, and kind of a bomb.

“Sound of Freedom” is fading, losing over 400 screens this weekend, and exited the top five despite fans buy more tickets for showings nobody is attending. It earned less than $1.5 Friday, trailing “Haunted Mansion,” and will cash in under $8, but is still over $164 million by Sunday, all “found money,” as they say.

As always, I’ll be updating this all weekend as more data from Box Office Pro, Box Office Mojo and Deadline.com become available.

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