Oppenheimer, Barbie collect over Rs 22 crore on opening day in India
Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy film Barbie grossed over Rs 22 crore in domestic box office collections on their opening days of release in India. Oppenheimer, which cost $100 million to make, outperformed Barbie, which cost $150 million, in domestic collections on the first day. Oppenheimer's opening day take is Rs 17.5 crore, while Barbie's collection is Rs 5.3 crore, according to figures given by Warner Bros.
Discovery, the distributor of both films in India. Both films were released on July 21 (Friday) amid high expectations from the film fraternity that they would attract audiences back to theaters. The gross domestic box office collection for the first half of 2023 dropped 15% YoY to Rs 4,868 crore, as per Ormax Media.
Globally, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal's Universal Pictures is the distributor for Oppenheimer, while Warner Bros. is the distributor for Barbie. In India, Warner Bros.
is distributing both films since Universal Pictures shut its India operations in 2020. «We have had a stupendous response to the first weekend bookings of both Oppenheimer and Barbie, both of which have their own unique set of audiences,» said Gautam Dutta, Co-CEO, PVR Inox. He also stated that all IMAX shows for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer on the PVR Inox circuit are sold out.
«We have scheduled shows as early as 3.45 am to accommodate as many shows on IMAX so that Nolan fans do not miss out on the action for the movie shot on IMAX format,» Dutta said. The PVR Inox Co-CEO went on to say that the multiplex chain's premium screen formats like P[XL] and BIGPIX had above-average occupancies of more than 55%. «Considering Oppenheimer is also dubbed in Hindi, we are seeing a wider viewership of the movie beyond the metros.»
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