Barbie and Oppenheimer sweep the box office

“barbie”, A film about the most famous doll in history is storming the box office in the USA, specialized media announced this Saturday, emphasizing that the combination of that film with another success, “Oppenheimer”will mark a milestone in fundraising since the pandemic.

After earning $22.2 million in advance sales on Thursday, the most in 2023, “Barbie” earned $48.2 million on Friday.

This means a total of 70.5 million dollars, also a record for this year.

The brand had it “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”, from $51.8 million in June.

According to Rock, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”, which is a film with a completely different theme, as it recreates the character of the father of the atomic bomb, will collect a combined $308 million over the weekend, the highest figure since 2021 and, according to Comscore, the fourth highest of all time.

In the absence of official figures, which will be released on Monday, the media and film industry estimates that the Warner Bros. movie about the Mattel doll will take in $161 million between Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

“Oppenheimer” earned $33 million in its opening weekend and is estimated to have a box office haul of $77 million in its opening weekend.

Greta Gerwig’s pink movie about the famous doll and Universal Christopher Nolan’s dark film about the creator of the atomic bomb hit theaters at the same time on Friday, July 21.

Margot Robbie plays Barbie, and Ryan Gosling plays her blonde boyfriend Ken, while Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer.