Barbie cosplayers pose outside the convention center during San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, on July 20, 202<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nWith legions of pink-clad moviegoers swarming theaters, Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” conquered North American box offices in its debut weekend, raking in $155 million, Sunday estimates showed — nearly double the cash of its second-place competitor.
The other half of the much-anticipated “Barbenheimer” cinematic weekend — which saw Universal’s much darker biopic “Oppenheimer” released the same day and spurred hundreds of thousands to organize their own double features — brought in its own whopping $80.5 million, according to figures from Exhibitor Relations.
“This is a record-shattering opening” for “Barbie,” wrote David A. Gross, of Franchise Entertainment Research. “No comedic film of any kind has opened higher than $85.9 (million) over a 3-day weekend.”
“Oppenheimer,” meanwhile, saw a “superb opening,” Gross noted.\u00a0
According to industry estimates, some 200,000 people were thought to have purchased tickets to both films.
Millions more were likely to catch both films on separate days.
The coincidental same-day release of the two starkly different but highly anticipated films — one following an iconic doll ready to paint the world pink and the other about the scientist who helped invent the atomic bomb — created a pop-culture phenomenon that transcended the individual marketing for either film.
“This was a\u00a0phenomenal experience\u00a0for people\u00a0who\u00a0love movies on the big screen,” president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners Michael O’Leary said in a statement Sunday.\u00a0
“It was a truly historic weekend.”
The “Barbenheimer” films together left a massive gulf between the weekend’s top two box office spots and the number three slot, occupied by “Sound of Freedom.”
The controversial action thriller from Santa Fe Films and Angel Studios, which critics say plays into QAnon conspiracy theories, brought in $20.14 million.
Fourth and fifth place saw the sort of franchise sequels that have come to dominate box office recently.\u00a0
Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” the latest in the long-running series starring Tom Cruise, brought in $19.5 million.
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” from Disney, brought in $6.7 million. This “Indy” episode, likely the last, again stars Harrison Ford as a whip-cracking archeologist.
Rounding out the top 10 were:\u00a0
“Insidious: The Red Door” ($6.5 million)
“Elemental” ($5.8 million)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” ($2.8 million)
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” ($1.12 million)
“No Hard Feelings” ($1.07 million)
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