On July 21, 2023, the two most anticipated films of this summer entered the cinema screens. directed by Greta Gerwig is a funny and perverse feminist production starring and Ryan Gosling. In turn, Christopher Nolan is an over 3-hour story, showing the fate of an American scientist called the “father of the atomic bomb”, played by Cillian Murphy. Although they are extremely different, they showed strength together. We can already talk about a box office success, and everything indicates that this is only the beginning.
“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”. The opinions of the reviewers left no illusions. It had to be a success
The coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on many different sectors, including the film industry. Since 2020, cinema owners have been recording more and more losses, and the reason was the growing popularity of streaming services. They provide much faster and easier access to your favorite titles, and in addition without leaving your home. For this reason, the premieres of even the most anticipated productions did not bring the expected profits.
Ideas about the declining cinema business have a chance to change and “Oppenheimer”. Critics’ opinions were positive after the pre-premiere screenings. It turned out no different after the premieres, which not only exceeded the expectations and estimates of analysts, but also broke previous records. The success was certainly due to many factors, and one of them is the fact that these films are a stepping stone from old franchises and continuations of superhero stories that bring losses instead of profits year after year. So how much did both productions earn on their premiere weekend?
Oppenheimer fared worse than Barbie. The film grossed over $74 million less in the US
The biggest success so far has been the movie “Avengers: Endgame”, which entered the silver screens in April 2019. and “Oppenheimer” turned out to be strong competitors, displacing the predecessor from the podium. Even before the premiere, all tickets were sold out, which only heralded the upcoming success. In the following days, the pool of places for screenings, starting even at 4 am, began to decrease drastically. Many venues available to spectators also ran out of drinks, ice and even popcorn. According to the latest information provided by the portal, in three days both films earned a total of as much as 302 million dollars. However, Greta Gerwig’s production has a larger share of profits, bringing in as much as $155 million in the United States and as much as $182 million abroad. Christopher Nolan’s work, on the other hand, earned $80.5 million in the US and Canada, and slightly more, $94 million in other countries around the world.
Source: Gazeta
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