{"id":1981403,"date":"2023-07-24T14:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbenheimer-soars-at-box-office-with-155m-for-barbie-80m-for-oppenheimer-on-opening-weekend\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:31:00","slug":"barbenheimer-soars-at-box-office-with-155m-for-barbie-80m-for-oppenheimer-on-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbenheimer-soars-at-box-office-with-155m-for-barbie-80m-for-oppenheimer-on-opening-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Barbenheimer&#8217; Dominates Box Office with $155M for &#8216;Barbie,&#8217; $80M for &#8216;Oppenheimer&#8217; Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbarbenheimer-soars-at-box-office-with-155m-for-barbie-80m-for-oppenheimer-on-opening-weekend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981403&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u2064 Opening Weekend for &#8220;Barbenheimer&#8221; Shatters Expectations<\/h2>\n<p>The opening weekend for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">Barbenheimer<\/a>, as the double <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\">movie opening<\/a> \u2064is being called, defied expectations for both films and made it\u200d the fourth most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbenheimer-soars-at-box-office-with-155m-for-barbie-80m-for-oppenheimer-on-opening-weekend\/\" title=\"'Barbenheimer' Dominates Box Office with 5M for 'Barbie,' M for 'Oppenheimer' Debut\">lucrative domestic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-box-office-duds-that-became-cult-classics\/\" title=\"9 Box Office Duds That Became Cult Classics\">box office<\/a> weekend<\/a> in history.<\/p>\n<h3>Barbie: A Fantasy Comedy That Exceeded Expectations<\/h3>\n<p>Moviegoers showed up for Greta Gerwig\u2019s highly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbie-director-strongly-rejected-cgi-for-one-part-of-the-film-thats-terrifying\/\" title=\"'Barbie' director firmly rejects CGI for a specific scene: 'It's too scary'\">fantasy comedy<\/a> &#8220;Barbie,&#8221; which outdid expectations with a $155 million opening, \u2062the biggest debut \u2064of the year so far. Mainstream critics heaped praise on the film and creators spent a massive amount on\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\">marketing<\/a> \u200d in the months leading up to\u200b its release.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The marketing campaign for &#8220;Barbie&#8221; largely omitted the\u2064 overt feminist themes present in the movie.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Barbie&#8221; earned an additional $182 million at the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lightyear-director-attacks-critics-after-film-gets-embarrassed-by-minions-the-rise-of-gru\/\" title=\"Lightyear Director Attacks Critics after Film Gets Embarrassed by Minions: The Rise of Gru\">international box office<\/a>, bringing its total earnings to $337 million in the first weekend alone, per a Variety <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/box-office\/box-office-barbie-oppenheimer-opening-weekend-shatter-records-1235677601\/\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a pink unicorn here,&#8221; Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic\u200b distribution at Warner Bros., said. &#8220;We thought it would\u200c be $75 \u200cmillion for \u200cthe opening weekend. Nobody saw $155 million coming. This doll has long legs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynU-wVdesr0\">WATCH BEN\u2019S FULL REVIEW OF \u2018BARBIE\u2019 HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Oppenheimer: A Historical Drama \u2064That Surpassed Expectations<\/h3>\n<p>Christopher Nolan\u2019s\u2063 historical drama &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; also outperformed expectations. The movie starring Cillian Murphy as the titular character raked in an \u200bimpressive $80.5\u2064 million domestically on opening weekend. Combined with international box office numbers, the film brought in a total of $174 million.<\/p>\n<p>Though the movies couldn\u2019t have \u2064been more different, many theatergoers made the event into a double feature, no doubt bolstering revenue for both by choosing to lean into the &#8220;Barbenheimer&#8221; hype.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an\u200d unequivocally great weekend for moviegoing,&#8221; David A. Gross of the movie consulting \u2062firm Franchise Entertainment Research said of\u2064 the results. &#8220;\u2018Barbie\u2019 and \u2064\u2018Oppenheimer\u2019 \u2064are complementing each other \u200bat the box office,\u2064 not taking audience from each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The unique \u200bpairing has led to this weekend becoming the \u2064fourth-highest of all time in the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/companies-that-donated-to-gov-gavin-newsom-to-help-with-coronavirus-were-rewarded-with-no-bid-state-contracts\/\" title=\"Companies That Donated To Gov. Gavin Newsom To Help With Coronavirus Were Rewarded With No-Bid State Contracts\">movie industry<\/a>. Variety noted that the top three performing weekends were led by the debuts \u200bof sequels \u200bin highly \u2062popular franchises \u2014 &#8220;Avengers: \u200dEndgame,&#8221; \u200c&#8221;Avengers: Infinity War,&#8221; and &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens.&#8221; That makes this result especially surprising.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690029339199000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1aBZKXZOsvkW3aRCKp8ThD\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Though &#8220;Barbie&#8221; technically outperformed &#8220;Oppenheimer,&#8221; \u200bthe historical drama is still being considered a huge success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a 1940s period piece,&#8221; Universal\u2019s\u200c President of Domestic Distribution Jim Orr said of the early numbers. &#8220;That speaks\u2063 volumes to the appeal \u2063of Nolan and his prowess as a filmmaker. He has an\u200c amazing reputation for storytelling in\u2064 the biggest format possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Analysts had originally predicted that &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; drama could bring in $50 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Barbenheimer&#8221; double movie opening surpassed expectations, becoming the fourth highest-grossing domestic box office weekend ever. Greta Gerwig&#8217;s fantasy comedy &#8220;Barbie&#8221; exceeded predictions, earning a remarkable $155 million in its opening, making it the biggest debut of the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1981404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}