Barbie and Oppenheimer’s record weekend at the US box office

US box office from July 21 to July 23, 2023

1 – Barbie: $155,000,000 (Cumulative: $155,000,000)

2 – Oppenheimer: $80,500,000 (cumulative: $80,500,000)

3 – Freedom Vote: $20,140,647 (Cumulative: $124,748,584)

4 – Mission: Impossible 7: $19,500,000 (Total: $118,753,469)

5 – Indiana Jones and the Dialer…: $6,700,000 (Total: $159,018,862)

6 – Insidious: The Red Door: $6,500,000 (cumulative: $71,001,673)

7 – Elementary: $5,800,000 (Total: $137,233,827)

8 – Spider-Man – Spider-Verse: $2,815,000 (Total: $375,209,269)

9 – Transformers – Rise of the Beasts: $1,120,000 (Total: $155,642,604)

10 – Challenge: $1,075,000 (Total: $49,210,693)

Source: www.boxofficemojo.com

to remember

The phenomenon “Barbenheimer” fulfilled all its promises. and even beyond. And above all, according to some analysts, it could give Hollywood studios something to think about, as two original films, one potentially (and unfairly) perceived as “girly”, the other offering a demanding and lengthy biopic, largely dominate franchises such as Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

While Warner Studios was betting about $75 million on a solid start, Barbie blew away all estimates for its opening weekend of $155 million.

That’s the best start of 2023 (ahead of Super Mario’s $146M) and the best launch of all time for a film by a director, in this case Greta Gerwig, doing better than Patty Jenkins’ $103M solo (Wonder Woman) or Anna Boden’s $153M duo (Captain F).

The film has already earned 337 million dollars worldwide. What to give, of course, ideas to Mattel, which will develop no less than 45 film projects!

Spectators were also present at the meeting Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan, giving the director the best start to his career outside of the Batman trilogy. With $80.5 million, the three-hour biopic directed by Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt is better than Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet or Inception. Very strong for a historical and scientific film with a river of dialogue that alternates between color and black and white and that offers the audience a memorable atomic explosion.

Behind is an independent film The voice of freedom Under the leadership of Jim Caviezel, it crosses the $120 million mark. He is ahead of Tom Cruise in the rating, and receipts Mission: Impossible 7 Reduced by 64% to an estimated total of $118 million to date. Indiana Jones 5 and Insidious: The Red Door It is neck-and-neck for fifth place over the weekend, which jointly marks the best post-COVID total and the fourth-highest total of all time. Who would bet on “Barbenheimer” for Marvel and other Star Wars tickles?