It appears the Barbie has the legs and Oppenheimer‘s blast radius is spreading at the box-office, because Barbenheimer posted huge numbers during their second weekends of release.
Greta Gerwig’s existential ensemble comedy once again took the top spot with a whopping take of $93 million between Friday and Sunday. Takings for Barbie dipped a meagre 43% from its opening weekend, a drop usually reserved for event-movie blockbusters with Star Wars or Marvel in the title.
After just 10 days in North American theatres the Margot Robbie-led phenomenon has grossed $351.4 million, making it the fourth-biggest domestic release of 2023. Its worldwide cume stands at over $750 million, which means it currently ranks as the third-largest film of the year.
The other half of this strange cinematic occurrence is Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which continues to keep pace with its colourful rival by making over $10 million at the domestic box-office for 10-days in a row, a feat never achieved by an R-rated movie.
Oppenheimer took an explosive $46.6 million over the weekend, lifting its domestic total to $174 million, and $400 million at the worldwide box-office.
The two new efforts released into multiplexes during the Barbenheimer fallout were Disney’s remake of Haunted Mansion (read our ★★ review here), which landed softly in third place with $24.6 million ($33 million worldwide), and A24’s Antipodean horror-film Talk To Me (read our ★★★★ review here), which backed up the buzz with a decent $10 million.
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Source – Variety
