In a historic event surely on the same scale as the creation of the atomic bomb itself, “Barbenheimer” has given the box office its best weekend since the start of the pandemic.
For those who’ve somehow managed to miss this cultural hinge event, that essentially means Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan have, as the phrase goes, “saved the box office,” with Gerwig’s “Barbie” bringing in an impressive $155 million and “Oppenheimer” exploding expectations with a massive $80 million opening weekend.While “Barbie” has undoubtedly won this momentous box office battle, Nolan’s real triumph is managing to get people out to theaters for a movie based on an original idea — although, his three-hour J.
Robert Oppenheimer biopic/thriller is adapted from Kai Bird and Martin J.
Sherwin’s biography, “American Prometheus.” Nonetheless, Nolan has proven that not everything has to be nostalgia bait or based on existing IP to succeed, and has achieved what his previous film,…
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