‘Barbie’ v ‘Oppenheimer’ Box Office: Greta Gerwig’s Film Struts Past $200 Million, Christopher Nolan’s Movie Zooms Through $100 Million
etcanada.comThe ‘Barbenheimer’ reign has no end in sight! Two very different flicks, which have taken the box office by storm, Greta Gerwig’s pink-and-plastic comedy “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s gritty atomic bomb drama “Oppenheimer”, continue to clear big numbers at the ticket booth, reports Variety. READ MORE: Quentin Tarantino Does The ‘Barbenheimer’ Double-Feature “Barbie” gained another $26 million on Tuesday, edging its North American box office gross to $214 million.
The movie, which sees Margot Robbie playing the timeless Mattel toy, has already surpassed “John Wick: Chapter 4” ($187 million) as the seventh-highest grossing flick this year, and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” ($214.5 million) is next on its list to pass.
In the coming weeks, the pint-sized princess will most likely strut past even larger numbers. READ MORE: The Story Behind ‘Barbenheimer’, The Summer’s Most Online Movie Showdown Although “Barbie” may be outdoing it, “Oppenheimer”‘s success is nothing to scoff at, being one of the only 19 movies this year to hit the $100 million mark.
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