Barbie breaks major box office record as Oppenheimer rakes in millions

23 July 2023 , 18:22

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Barbie The Movie has broken one major box office record

This Barbie (Greta Gerwig) is breaking a box office record as Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer makes eye-watering figure.

Barbenheimer is the biggest movie event of the year, with the entire globe going wild for both movies which happen to be total polar-opposites of each other. Greta Gewig's Barbie is filled with a huge amount of pink, feminism and hilarious quips, while Oppenheimer focuses on the design process of the atomic bomb.

The two most anticipated movies of 2023 have lived up to expectations too, with them both raking in the cash at the box office in the UK, America and all around the world as well.

Margot Robbie plays the role of 'stereotypical Barbie' in the hit movie (AP)

According to Variety, Greta Gerwig's Barbie has made a whopping $155 million (£120million) at the US box office in its opening run at the cinema, with it breaking a record for the biggest debut ever for a movie directed by a woman. And not only has it made a staggering amount in America, but Barbie has made an estimated $182 million (£140million) at the international box office, with it on track to have made $337million (£265million) globally after its opening weekend, according to Digital Spy.

People report that before Barbie held the record for biggest debut for a movie directed by a woman, Captain Marvel, which was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, previously held the title with $153million back in 2019.

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Meanwhile, Oppenheimer, which was released on the same day as Barbie, has made $80.5million (£62m) at the US box office its first three days. The hit movie starring Cillian Murphy has brought in $93.7million (£70million) at the international box office, meaning a global total of $174.2 (£134million) after its opening weekend.

Cillian Murphy plays the lead role in Oppenheimer

This comes after some dedicated film fans primed themselves ready to sit down for four hours straight in order to watch Barbenheimer back-to-back, with many cinema goers buying tickets for both screenings.

While most Barbie cinema goers donned all pink for the occasion, those doing both Barbie and Oppenheimer in one day donned some very elaborate outfits that combined both genre of movie.

Some people have taken to social media to show off their Barbenheimer t-shirts that they have made themselves, with others dressing up in dark-hued cowboy attire with pink pops of colour throughout.

Variety have reported that both hit films, that are dubbed as Barbenheimer, have "worked to fuel the biggest collective box office weekend of the pandemic era", with it also being the fourth-biggest overall weekend in history.

Mollie Quirk