The Barbie and Oppenheimer films hit theaters on the same day and, quite unexpectedly, led to one of the most curious and profitable weeks in cinema history.
In the show’s first few days, Warner Bros. Barbie. Pictures took in $337 million at the box office, and Universal Pictures’ Oppenheimer movie took in $174 million in theaters, making a total of over $511 million for a stellar week for Hollywood.
In the US, it was only the fourth time the box office has grossed over $300 million in a single weekend and was Hollywood’s best opening since Spider-Man: No Way Home in December 2021.
Barbie became the biggest opening of the year in the US, and helped the highest-grossing film hit the Warner Bros. pre-release. , in reaching the highest grossing of theaters, and becoming the best July opening for a film that is not a sequel or remake.
The film also broke several personal records, such as best debut for Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the main names involved in Barbie’s production. The film also became the best opening for a movie based on a game and the best opening for Warner Bros. Pictures. Worldwide, in a non-DC movie or sequel.
About Oppenheimer and Christopher Nolan, it marks the third-best debut for a director, behind The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight, in the best debut for a biopic, the best debut in a drama since 2019, and the best debut for a non-superhero film in 55 countries.
Oppenheimer was still Nolan’s best debut in 33 countries.
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