The Box Office Report: A wildly successful weekend for ‘Barbenheimer’
‘Barbie’ has 2023’s biggest debut while ‘Oppenheimer’ scores Nolan’s largest non-Batman weekend.
Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of July 21-23, 2023.
1. Barbie
Weekend gross: $155M
Total domestic gross: $155M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA
Barbenheimer weekend blew away expectations. The duo grossed an estimated $235.5 million together. While the Barbenheimer concept may have begun as a joke or a gimmick, it wound up fueling each film’s debut way past projections.
Barbie’s $155 million weekend is the biggest opener for 2023, with Greta Gerwig’s film topping The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s $146.4 million debut.
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