'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' Clear $1 Billion USD After Only Two Weeks
The ‘Barbenheimer’ duo continues to dominate at the global box office.
In their second weekend of release, Greta Girwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer continue to post massive figures at the global box office.
Over the weekend, Barbie earned $93 million USD at the domestic box office and $122.2 million USD from international theaters, pushing the massively-marketed pic’s total to more than $775 million USD worldwide, since its release.
Meanwhile, Oppenheimer scored $46 million USD at the domestic box office and $72.4 million USD from international markets, moving its grand tally past $400 million USD. Together, Barbie and Oppenheimer have swiftly cleared the $1 billion USD threshold in under two weeks.
Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst, said Barbie and Oppenheimer‘s joint success is “a touchstone moment for movies, moviegoers and movie theaters,” in a statement to AP News. He added, “Having two movies from rival studios linked in this way and both boosting each other’s fortunes — both box-office wise and it terms of their profile — I don’t know if there’s a comp for this in the annals of box-office history.”
Notably, Girwig’s film is already seeing an uptick in repeat ticket purchases. According to Jeff Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros., roughly 12% of sales can be attributed to people returning to see the film in theaters for a second time.
Barbie‘s second-weekend domestic figures rank behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Jurassic World and The Avengers. Oppenheimer, meanwhile, is now the second highest-grossing R-rated biopic in history, falling behind Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper.
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