The phenomenon “Barbenheimer” will finish the highest box office income in four years

Cinemas finally have something to celebrate. Barbiea comedy about the famous doll, and oppenheimera biography of the inventor of the atomic bomb, drew movie fans in droves, helped box office receipts this weekend more than double from the same period a year before about US$302 million.

Barbiefrom Warner Bros., was the most-watched film in theaters in the United States and Canada, with $155 million in ticket sales, according to a report on Sunday. comscore. With this, he becomes highest grossing premiere of the yearsurpassing the US$146.4 million raised in April by Super Mario Bros. The Movie. The film debuted the same weekend as oppenheimerfrom director Christopher Nolan, which grossed $80.5 million.

“Barbie” grossed $22.3 million in its first theatrical showings

It is estimated that more than 200 thousand viewers bought tickets to see both premieres on the same day at chains like AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and Cineworld Group Plc’s Regal, a phenomenon known as “Barbenheimer.” Simultaneous releases energized moviegoers, helping theaters get their best weekend since Avengers Endgame debuted in April 2019.

It also highlights sound of freedomm, a movie about child sex trafficking, which grossed about $20.1 million in its third weekend, according to ComScore. The unlikely summer hit outpaced Impossible mission: death sentence. part Onefrom Paramount Pictures, which fell to fourth place with $19.5 million.

The nod to Argentina in the film “Oppenheimer”

Weekend It was a spark of light in a summer that has been difficult for the film industry, which has suffered from the disappointing results of big-budget films like The flash my Indiana Jones and the Destiny Disc.

It was expected that Barbiedirected by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie, it grossed between $140 million and $175 million in its domestic release, according to professional box office. Projections rose with rise in recent weeks, when the film received a lot of media attention. According to Warner Bros., the film grossed another $182 million in international markets.

the movie teases doll story while also addressing criticism about her unrealistic figure and materialistic nature. He follows the character as she steps out of the perfect world created by toymaker Mattel Inc. and into one with real people the doll has made an impact on.