Barbie and Oppenheimer make history at the post-pandemic American box office

Since they were released, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” are always among the most talked about topics and, given all their success, the films that gave rise to the movement “Barbenheimer” – “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” – managed to secure the best summer at the American box office since the COVID-19 pandemic, with grosses of US$4.065 billion between May and the first weekend of September.

This is the best result since 2019, the pre-pandemic period, and “Avengers: Endgame” was released, totaling US$4.38 billion at the box office. It is worth remembering that, in this year 2023, “Barbie” It is the highest-grossing film in theaters in the United States. The film directed by Greta Gerwig is also considered the highest-grossing film worldwide of the year, totaling US$1.38 billion. In the American scenario, “Oppenheimer” reached US$311 million and US$851 million around the world.

^{Drawing based on the “Barbenheimer” movement (Photo: reproduction/Instagram/@rollingstone)}

Other successes at the American box office

In addition to “Barbie” It is “Oppenheimer”other productions were also successful in US cinemas, such as “Spider-Man Through the Spider-Verse”, which totaled US$381 million; “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3”, which totaled US$358 million; the live-action of “The Little Mermaid”, which raised US$298 million; It is “A dream of freedom”, which reached revenue of US$ 181 million.

The phenomenon Barbenheimer

The idea of ​​two films from completely opposite genres being released on the same day took over the internet and it didn't take long for the titles of the works to give rise to one of the hottest movements of the year, where the protagonists of both asked the public to watch to both films on the same day.

Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, “Barbie” is a comedy and the first live-action based on the franchise of the most famous doll in the world. “Oppenheimer”, in turn, is a biographical drama directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy who in the story plays the physicist Oppenheimer himself, who became known for being the “father of the atomic bomb”.

Featured photo: Montage by Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy. Reproduction/Instagram/@cinéfilo