“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” had fantastic second weekends of $93 million and $46.2 million, respectively.
In an alternate universe, those sophomore takes would be respectable openings.
Instead, 10 days in “Barbie” domestic is at $350 million and “Oppenheimer” is $174 million.Add foreign and “Barbie” is already $774 million, well on her way to crossing $1 billion and beyond.
“Oppenheimer” is $400 million.
Combined, they should easily pass $2 billion.“Oppenheimer”©Universal/Courtesy Everett CollectionThis is fantastic news that could drive the summer to $4 billion, the magic number that exhibitors floated at April’s CinemaCon as a reasonable hope/best-case scenario.
What the exhibitors didn’t predict, however, was a summer in which almost every franchise would fall short — sometimes, very short — of reasonable expectations.
Two weeks ago, only an optimist would project as much as $3.6 million for the season.Also unforeseen was the Barbenheimer effect and its ability to drive real excitement about going to the movies — followed…
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