Things have been pretty bleak in Hollywood lately — but Barbenheimer’s upcoming box office looks like it could provide a bright spot amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Based on Duration, Greta Gerwig‘S Barbie doll And Christopher Nolan‘S Oppenheimer is on track to exceed $260 million combined at the global box office.
According to pre-sale estimate, Barbie doll is expected to gross between $90 million and $125 million, well ahead of another huge summer blockbuster—Disney’s live-action film Little Mermaid—raised $95.5 million in May. Barbie doll, main character Margot Robbie And Ryan Gosling, is showing in 4,200 theaters and its studio, Warner Bros., is said to be confident the film will gross at least $75 million. Each Duration, Barbie doll is looking at the potential to gross $165 million globally, with $60 million to $65 million coming from 69 international markets—though not Vietnam where the film was banned.
For Oppenheimer, the first film directed by Nolan for Universal and the last to hold its premiere before the cast’s strike to earn between $40 million and $50 million domestically at 3,600 theaters , with another $45 million expected overseas — bringing the total to $100 million globally. A $100 million global trip would be impressive in three hours, Cillian Murphy-led the drama about the invention of the atomic bomb, which was already get buzz and was considered an early Oscar leader.
Many movie enthusiasts are planning to make a dual feature of these wildly different movies, which have taken over the internet due to their different aesthetics and themes. AMC reported that more than 40,000 of its AMC Stubs members purchased tickets in advance to see both movies on the same day. A-listers like Tom Cruise—who wasn’t in either film and even had a rival IMAX movie, Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, now showing in theaters—encouraging audiences to see both films in the hope of supporting movie theaters at Hollywood’s precarious time. “I like the dual feature and it’s not as explosive (or more pink) than the one with Oppenheimer And Barbie doll,” Cruise tweeted.
