The Barbenheimer craze has taken over moviegoers with the discharge of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer on July 21. Now, it appears that evidently filmmaker Quentin Tarantino additionally joined the league and opted for same-day viewings of each the movies. (Also learn: Barbenheimer breaks a number of field workplace data in US and worldwide with opening weekend assortment: Report)
Quentin Tarantino noticed at ticket counter
In a photograph that’s going viral on Twitter, the Academy Award-winning director was seen in Los Angeles with Roger Avary, his Pulp Fiction co-writer and co-host on the pair’s Video Archives Podcast. The tweet identified how the director walked throughout the road after seeing Oppenheimer at Westwood Village to observe Barbie on the Regency Bruin Theatre.
The tweet from Video Archives podcast retweeted the image and confirmed it, “Yes our boys were out last night doing what they love to do the most together, seeing movies.” Later, Roger Avery tweeted about his Barbie viewing expertise and stated, “The Barbie showing in Westwood last night had such an amazing audience, literally cheering the movie. Many of them were larping. I haven’t seen that in a while, and it was awesome.”
Barbenheimer box office
Meanwhile, both the films have already broken several box office records within their opening weekend. According to AFP, Barbie, in its debut weekend, made $155 million at the North American box office, as of Sunday. The agency added that Oppenheimer also registered a great opening weekend with $80.5 million.
India box office collection
In India, Oppenheimer has been faring better than Barbie. Nolan’s film earned ₹17.25 crore nett in India on the third day of its release for all languages as per early estimates, as posted by Sacnilk.com report. The film minted ₹14.50 crore on day one of its release and ₹17.25 crore on the second day of its release. Currently, the total earnings of Oppenheimer stand at ₹49 crore. Meanwhile, Barbie collected around ₹7 crore in India on Sunday as per early estimates. The film had opened at ₹5 crore and went on to collect ₹6.5 crore on Saturday. It now stands at a three-day total of ₹18.50 crore.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com