(Left) Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Barbie,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures launch. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Right) Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in ‘Oppenheimer,’ written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.
The “Barbenheimer” sensation set a field workplace report this previous weekend as followers spill into the theaters for each motion pictures. With infinite memes on the web and followers planning their double-feature viewing technique for ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’, the phenomenon has set the weekend field workplace on hearth. Showing up in a sea of pink for Greta Gerwig’s newest movie, ‘Barbie’ opened to $155 million. Not to be outdone, Christopher Nolan’s visually gorgeous ‘Oppenheimer’ follows with $80.5 million on opening day.
The large field workplace quantity is because of audiences refusing to decide on one or the opposite, making their double function an occasion of the summer time. As the “Barbenheimer’ trend continues to grow on social media, many small businesses leaned into the theme, creating shirts and accessories to celebrate the release. Fans show off their outfit changes as they go from one movie to the next. Star of ‘Barbie’ Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig have also shown their support by posing for a photo in front of a poster of ‘Oppenheimer’ with tickets in hand.
‘Barbie’ also sets a record high for a movie by a female director, surpassing ‘Captain Marvel’ ($153.4 million) and ‘Wonder Woman’ ($103.3 million). Currently, both films are certified on aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, with ‘Barbie’ at 91% and ‘Oppenheimer’ at 94%. Worldwide, the movies have earned a combined $551.1 million, with ‘Barbie’ earning $337 million and ‘Oppenheimer’ earning $174.1 million.
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Writer, director, and producer Christopher Nolan on the set of ‘Oppenheimer.’
Movie theaters struggled with attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic and have been slow to recover. The opening of both films sent masses to the theaters, setting the highest records since post-pandemic. According to AMC, Saturday was their busiest day since July of 2019. They recorded their fifth-highest single-day US ticket revenues in their 103-year history. AMC also recorded 87,000 members of their Stubs loyalty program members booked tickets for both movies over the weekend.
AMC CEO Adam Aron sends a personal congratulations to both films:
“AMC sends an enormous thank you and congratulations to Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and the entire team at Warner Bros., and to Christopher Nolan and the team at Universal Pictures. They’ve demonstrated that well-made, well-marketed films that captivate audiences can open on the same weekend and both enjoy great success.”
One of the primary driving forces main the viewers into the theater is ‘Oppenheimer’ being shot with IMAX cameras and provided in codecs corresponding to IMAX 70MM. While it’s not the primary film to be shot with IMAX cameras, Nolan’s visionary storytelling and use of sensible results create a theatrical expertise that can not be duplicated at house.
It is probably going for the “Barbeheimer” development to proceed properly into the summer time as followers proceed to point out up for his or her probability to see the films.
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Greta Gerwig attends the ‘Barbie’ Press Tour, Sydney Australia 2023. Photography by Caroline McCredie for Warner Bros/NBC Universal. Contact: jade.perry@nbcuni.com.
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