Barbie x Oppenheimer Day 1 box office collection: Who’s the winner?

Both Barbie and oppenheimer they were released on the same day, that is, July 21, 2023. During the countdown phase, fans formed Team Barbie and Team Oppenheimer. However, this whole rivalry was a lot of fun and both movies were highly anticipated. This rivalry was dubbed the “Barbenheimer” and became a popular internet phenomenon.

Although both movies have done exceptionally well at the box office so far, one has managed to earn more than the other. Barbie it became the top film in North America with a total of $70.5 million. The film earned $22.2 million from advance ticket sales on Thursday, followed by $48.2 million on Friday.

Barbie has earned more than oppenheimer at the box office so far

Even if Barbie has earned more than oppenheimer So far, there is no doubt that the latter has carved a huge gap at the box office. Hailed as one of the best films made in recent years, the epic biographical drama grossed a total of $33 million on its opening day.

Of these earnings, $10.5 million came from Thursday previews alone. The film is playing in 3,610 locations in North America. It certainly looks like it’s going to go down as one of the most successful R-rated movies in recent memory.

Barbie not only has it surpassed Christopher Nolan’s directorial debut, but it also has a chance to become the biggest opening weekend for a film directed by a woman. captain marvel made $153 million in 2019, and A marvelous woman made $103 million in 2017.

In a recent interview with WBUR, Barbie Director Greta Gerwig explained what gave her the idea to make the film. She said,

“I’m interested in how life is complicated and messy and that there’s nothing good or bad, but mostly it’s both. I can be all of those things at the same time. And I think that was a good place to start.”

She continued,

“I want the film to make people feel a little bit free. We ask ourselves, not just as women, but as men, that we are walking the impossible tightrope of perfection.”

He ended his statement with the words:

“Barbie has always been a symbol of that thing that you could never get to because she couldn’t physically stand up if she were a human being. So I wanted her to almost change that formula and find a way to give yourself permission to be who you are and know that that’s enough.”

oppenheimer synopsis

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The official synopsis for the film reads:

“Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an epic thriller shot in IMAX® that immerses audiences in the pulse-pounding paradox of an enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world to save it. The film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer.”

To be continue,

“Oscar® winner Matt Damon stars as General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey, Jr. stars as Lewis Strauss, founder of the US Atomic Energy Commission. Academy Award® nominee Florence Pugh stars as psychiatrist Jean Tatlock, Benny Safdie stars as theoretical physicist Edward Teller, Michael Angarano stars as Robert Serber and Josh Harnett stars as pioneering American nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence.”

The film was produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan.

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