Barbie and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Oppenheimer – or 𝕴Barbenheimer, as the internet has affectionately named them – cꦍombined forces to smash the box office, bringing in numbers way ahead of expectations.
Together, the films spurred the fourth biggest box office weekend ever, and the biggest since 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Endgame was released back in 2019.
, Barbie brought in an astonishing $155 million domestically, while Oppenheimer scored an equally impressive $80.5 million domestic tally. That makes Barbie the year's biggest debut – a remarkable fact, considering 2023 has seen the likes of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mission: Impossible 7 already.It also means Greta Gerwig has scored the biggest opening for a movie directed by a woman ever; the record was previously set by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain Marvel, which was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan F𝕴leck.
Globally, Barbie brought in $337 million total, while Oppenheimer scored $174 million. Considering Barbie's budget is put between $128-145 million, and Oppenheimer's at $100 million, both films have bee♎n amazing successes.
The weekend marks the biggest of the pandemic era – and, in pre-pandemic times, the only openings to bring in higher totals were Endgame, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Infinity War, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Considering neither Barbie nor Oppenheimer are sequels – and the latter is an all-original, R rated movie that runs three hours – that's a spectacular result 💫indeed.
Variety notes that "hundreds of thousands" of people showed up this weekend to watch both movies; the meme-꧋machine that is the internet turned this weekend into a cultural event, with "Barbenheimer" becoming shorthand for seeing both movies in a double bill.
Both films are still playing in theaters now if you want to get in on the action – and for much more on both movies, see our pieces about the fܫilms below:
- Our ༒interview with Christopher Nolan on🐻 crafting Oppenheimer
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Christopher Nolan on Oppenheimer🤡's 🔥R-rating
- Christop𒅌her Nolan on Oppenheimer's blockbuster status
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Our interview with Cillian Murphy
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Our interview with Matt Damon
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Our interview with Emily Blunt
- All the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Barbie Easter eggs
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Greta Gerwig on her Narnia movies
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询🐈:Greta Gerwig on a potential Baꦬrbie sequel
- Why Barbie and Op🎶penh🌺eimer make the perfect double bill
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Barbenheimer: the day cinema♉🌞 stood still
I'm the De♕puty Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immed𓄧iate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
