Barbeinheimer BO battle: Christopher Nolan’s ‘bombastic’ epic demolishes India box-office, earns Rs 13cr on day 1; Barbie struggles to keep afloat at Rs 5 cr

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Oppenheimer’ has beaten ‘Barbie’ black and blue at the Indian box-office! The Christopher Nolan magnum opus has opened to a whopping Rs 13.5 crore in India, according to box-office collection tracking portal Sacnilk.com. The Cillian Murphy-Emily Blunt starrer is expected to earn a further Rs 15 crore on July 22. If it manages to do that, the collection will be an impressive Rs 28 crore. On the other hand, Greta Gerwig’s ‘pink n pretty’ satire on gender roles and societal stereotypes has found little to no takers in India. Sacnilk reported that the Ryan Gosling-Margot Robbie starrer managed to earn a paltry Rs 5 crore on day one. The comedy-drama may collect Rs 6 crore on the second day, bringing it to an average of Rs 11 crore.

Globally though, ‘Barbie’ is hogging the box-office charts and ringing the cash … as of now. According to a Variety report, the Gerwig film collected a whopping $22 million at the domestic preview on Thursday. On the other hand, ‘Oppenheimer’ earned a modest $10.5 million in previews. ‘Barbie’ s preview collections have exceeded the $17.5 million minted by ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol 3’ to become the biggest opening figure in Hollywood, this year. According to a Deadline report, ‘Barbie’ collected a staggering $41.4 million on Thursday (July 21) across 51 markets. In contrast, ‘Oppenheimer’ earned a respectable but still much lower $15 million through 57 markets. Directed by Christopher Nolan, ‘Oppenheimer’, is a period epic that explores the life, loves, and career of physicist-scientist Robert Oppenheimer, widely hailed as the father of the atomic bomb. The movie boasts of a spectacular ensemble cast, comprising of Cillian Murphy, Emily