Box Office: 'Meg 2' bites into $3.2 million in previews, 'Barbie' crosses $400 million domestically

'Meg 2: The Trench' dipped its pearly whites in $3.2 million during the previews Thursday, as the sequel to Jason Statham's 2018 hit hopes to screen at $30 million.

Critics slammed the movie, but bad reviews may not have much impact. The sequel centers on a group of scientists who travel to the depths of the ocean and must fend off a 75-foot-long megalodon along with other sea creatures that prefer human flesh over plankton. Warner Bros. supports the film, which cost $129 million to produce.

"Meg 2" will take on Paramount and Nickelodeon's animated adventure "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem , which opened on Wednesday. The PG family film has already made $15.1 million and is looking for a five-day opening of $35-45 million. It grossed $4.9 million on Thursday. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has a budget of $70 million, an economical number considering most animated movies cost over $100 million.

But neither film will likely be able to dethrone "Barbie", which continues to dominate the box office . The release of Warner Bros. was the second highest-grossing film of the year with $406 million in North America.

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