Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” conspired to set box office records, the two films held strongly in theaters. “Barbie” took in a massive $93 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates.
Following its year-best $162 million opening, the pink-infused pop sensation of “Barbie” saw remarkably sustained business through the week and into the weekend. The film outpaced Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” to have the best first 11 days in theaters of any Warner Bros. release ever.
A patron buys a movie ticket underneath a marquee featuring the films “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” at the Los Feliz Theatre, Friday, July 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. For a movie industry that has been trying to regain its pre-pandemic footing — and that now finds itself largely shuttered due to actors and screenwriters strikes — the sensations of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”“Post-pandemic, there’s no ceiling and there’s no floor,” Goldstein said. “The movies that miss really miss big time, and the movies that work really work big time.”meanwhile, is performing more like a superhero movie than a three-hour film about scientists talking.
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