“Barbenheimer” boost to cinemas

The simultaneous release of contrasting films Barbie and Oppenheimer powered box office takings to some $302m overall, giving cinemas their best opening weekend in over four years


TOP 10 BIGGEST EARNERS (North America, weekend of Jul 21-23) 

Barbie			$155.0m
Oppenheimer		$80.5m
Sound of Freedom 	$20.1m
Mission: Impossible 	$19.5m
Indiana Jones 		$6.7m
Insidious: The Red Door $6.5m
Elemental   		$5.8m
Spider-Man   		$2.8m 
Transformers   		$1.1m 
No Hard Feelings   	$1.1m


“Barbenheimer” brought out movie fans in their thousands – often to see both films – many of whom wore parody T-shirt designs (right)
                        

TOTAL WEEKEND TICKET SALES
(all movies, North America)

Barbie and Oppenheimer opening weekend

Spider-Man: No Way Home opening weekend

Avengers: Endgame opening weekend

Globally, Barbie earned $182m and Oppenheimer $93.7m

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Sources: AP, New York Times, Bloomberg, BoxOfficeMojo
Picture: Redbubble 
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