Barbie‘s historic opening weekend at the box office proves we’re all living in Barbieland.The film, which opened on Friday, July 21, raked in an estimated $155 million at the domestic box office on opening weekend.
That’s far beyond the Margot Robbie-led movie’s projections, which were between $90 million and $110 million.
Barbie nearly doubled the opening weekend box office of Oppenheimer.Christopher Nolan’s three-hour drama about the atomic bomb brought in an estimated $80 million.
The period film, starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon, also surpassed expectations and was even part of a double-feature for many.
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