It’s a “Barbenheimer” world, and we’re just living in it.The collective force of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” continued to rule the box office in their second weekends of release, providing another needed jolt as two Hollywood strikes threaten the fragile exhibition industry.Greta Gerwig’s cotton candy-colored fantasy comedy again led the way, adding a massive $93 million between Friday and Sunday.
Ticket sales for “Barbie” declined just 43% from its debut and resulted in the seventh-biggest second weekend in history.
The only movies that enjoyed bigger weekend two tallies were billion-dollar behemoths “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($149 million), “Avengers: Endgame” ($147 million) and “Infinity War” ($114 million), “Black Panther” ($111 million), “Jurassic World” ($106 million) and “The Avengers” ($103 million).Christopher Nolan’s dark historical drama also had a stellar sophomore outing, taking in a mighty $46.6 million over the weekend.
According to Universal, it’s the first R-rated film to gross more than $10 million…
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