It’s Barbie‘s world and we’re just living in it.
Warner Bros.
released director Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” in theaters over the weekend and, despite some very serious, much-hyped direct competition from Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” the film managed to make history with a record-breaking $162 million domestic box office debut.
The record-breaking, however, wasn’t over — this Monday the film broke a record that has been held by “The Dark Knight” for 15 years.”Barbie” earned $26.1 million domestically on Monday (per The Numbers), the best performance ever for a Warner Bros.
release.
The previous record holder for a Monday at the box office in the studio’s storied history was, indeed, Nolan’s “The Dark Knight,” which took in $24.6 million on its first Monday back in 2008, as noted by Variety.
It is not lost on me, or likely anyone, that Nolan is involved once again, in a sense, as “Oppenheimer” is in direct competition with “Barbie.
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