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Barbenheimerwas not just a one-weekend experience!
TheBarbiemovie found significant staying power at the domestic box office in its second weekend in movie theaters as it grossed an additional $93 million over the weekend. The movie’s ticket sales declined only 43% following itsrecord-breaking opening weekend, resulting in the seventh-largest second weekend at the box office for a movie in history, according toVariety.
The six films ahead ofBarbieon that list — which include three of the fourAvengersmovies, 2015’sStar Wars: The Force Awakens, 2018’sBlack Pantherand the firstJurassic Worldfilm — each went on to gross over one billion dollars worldwide, the outlet additionally reported.
Writer-directorGreta Gerwig’s new movie, which stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, America Ferrera and a host of actors portraying both Barbies and Kens has already crossed $350 million in the U.S. just 10 days after its initial release. The film has found global success too and has made $774.5 million total worldwide.
Barbieis already the fourth highest-grossing movie of the year at the domestic box office; onlyThe Super Mario Bros. Movie,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseandGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3have made more money among 2023 releases, perBox Office Mojo.
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Oppenheimeris still benefitting from the Barbenheimer movie theater craze, too;Christopher Nolan’s biopic about theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer made an additional $46.6 million in its second weekend in theaters, which raised its total domestic gross to $174 million and helped it cross the $400 million threshold worldwide.
The Cillian Murphy-led movie became the first-ever R-rated film to make more than $10 million for 10 consecutive days following its release, according toVariety, which cited Universal Pictures' own estimates.
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Outside ofBarbieandOppenheimer, one new movie—Disney’s newHaunted Mansion— found space in the top three at the domestic box office as it made $24.2 million followings its release on Friday. Meanwhile, the A24 movieTalk to Memade $10 million across the U.S. in its opening weekend, making for the independent studio’s second-best opening weekend behind only the 2018 horror hitHereditary, the outlet reported.
Barbieis in theaters now.
source: people.com
