Get set for a ‘Barbeheimer’ weekend! Christopher Nolan film sells 300K tickets; Margot Robbie & Ryan Gosling's summer flick picks up in advance booking

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‘Oppenheimer’, the epic biographical drama directed by Nolan, has reportedly crossed 300,000 tickets in advanced sales, revealed Ashish Saxena, COO- of Cinemas, BookMyShow, revealed in a statement. Since the Cillian Murphy-Emily Blunt starrer will be the only release in IMAX this week, major metropolitan cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Chennai are ruling the roost when it comes to ticket sales on the platform. A staggering 42 per cent of tickets purchased on BookMyShow have been for immersive cinematic formats such as the IMAX as cinephiles from the aforementioned regions have been aiming to bag the best cinematic experience they can afford. On the other hand, Barbie, the feel-good comedy-drama about the iconic doll, that has been the first BFF of pretty much every girl around the globe has also generated quite an excitement in India. According to Saxena, Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie's film has sold an impressive 54,000 tickets on the ticket-selling portal.

The epic BO clash of these two tentpole movies has left many fans divided. However, some cinephiles have decided to give both movies a go. “On BookMyShow, we have observed 8% of transactors for Oppenheimer also having booked tickets for Barbie, with a large chunk opting to watch both films on the same day! The hype for Oppenheimer and Barbie- two releases has been reaching sky-high levels over the past few months and the social media chatter around both movies and their marketing techniques has truly upped the ante for the audiences. We are optimistic that these two films are set to welcome hordes of consumers to the theatres across formats for the ultimate big-screen experience, " told Saxena in the statement. Both movies will