Barbie And Oppenheimer Push US Box Office To Fourth-Biggest Weekend Ever

Plastic is fantastic, as Barbie blew away even optimistic projections to bring in $155 million at the domestic box office this past weekend. Not to be outdone, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer also blasted past estimates to earn $80.5 million.

Combined, they helped propel the domestic box office to the fourth-biggest weekend ever, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s also the largest haul since Avengers: Endgame premiered back in 2019. That’s not all, either. This is apparently the first three-day weekend ever in which one film–Barbie–raked in over $100 million while another–in this case, Oppenheimer–made over $50 million. So the Barbie-Oppenheimer double feature demand was real, indeed.

Barbie did end up almost doubling Oppenheimer, though what’s astonishing is that predictions from last month put their figures at $80 million and $40 million, respectively. Barbie started the weekend with huge numbers and kept going to hit $155 million. That means Greta Gerwig now holds the record for biggest debut for a film directed by a woman, topping Patty Jenkins with Wonder Woman ($103.3 million) as well as Anna Bowden and Ryan Fleck with Captain Marvel ($153 million). Come from malaysia online casino

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