Beautiful ‘Barbie’ has USD 160 million openings, ‘Oppenheimer’ bombs box-office with USD 8 million
Oscar nominee Greta Gerwig’ Barbie’ proved itself to be the best movie by a female director with the opening of USD 162 million. On the other hand, Christopher Nolan-directed biographical drama Oppenheimer reached USD 82.4 million. Disney’s Haunted Mansion opened around USD 32 million.
These movies are opening on these notes despite the fact that Hollywood is struggling with strikes by actors as well as writers. If the SAF-AFTRA and the AMPTP don’t agree and the filming remains stopped for a more extended period, it may affect the business. According to the Comscore, it was USD 301.6 million for the weekend, but the figure may be USD 308.6 million, considering the extra USD 8 million for the Barbehenhimer.
Warner Bros.’ new franchise based on the Mattel doll shows USD 48.1 million from Friday previous and it may e USD 155 million at the beginning. It must be the biggest opening of 2023. But some other trade experts feel that the Margot Robbie-Ryan Gosling combo may reach USD 160 million.
On the other hand, Oppenheimer narrates the story of an atomic bomb, but it did not prove to be a bomb at the box office. The Universal Christopher Nolan-directed movie targets USD 25.8 million on Saturday, 22 percent down from USD 33 million of Friday night preview. According to Universal, it may have a good opening of USD 80.5 million.
It appeared on Thursday that Oppenheimer may follow the trajectory of ‘Logan’, which had the first preview of USD 33 million. But it had Saturday preview of USD 31.3 million and it turned out to be the opening of USD 88.4 million. The box-office analytics EntTelligence has said that ‘Barbenheimer’ may have 18.5 million viewers.
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