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☆ 'Barbie' beats Batman, becomes Warner Bros.' highest-grossing domestic release
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

On Tuesday "Barbie" topped $537 million, making it the highest-grossing domestic movie in Warner Bros. The bubblegum pink collaboration between filmmaker Greta Gerwig, Mattel and Warner Bros. has collected more than $1.2 billion at the global box office since its July 21 release. It is the first billion-dollar film for the newly minted Warner Bros. Universal's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" has topped $1.3 billion since its April debut. Box office analysts expect "Barbie" to continue to collect box office receipts in the weeks to come, as it faces limited competition from new releases and rides a wave of positive word of mouth.

Persons: He's, Christopher Nolan's, Greta Gerwig, Mario, Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Margot Robbie Organizations: Warner Bros, Mattel, Warner Media, Discover, Mario Bros, Comcast, CNBC Locations: NBCUniversal

☆ Opinion: Oppenheimer’s not your daddy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Opinion Aanchal Saraf | Rebecca H. Hogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Corbis/Getty ImagesScholar Teresia Teaiwa famously critiqued the bikini as instrumental to depoliticizing and concealing the effects of nuclear weapons in the Pacific. Britain and France would later begin their own nuclear weapons programs on Indigenous lands and waters in Australia and French Occupied Polynesia, among others. The US began detonating nuclear bombs at the Nevada Test Site in 1951, garnering nearby Las Vegas the nickname Atomic City. Atomic playboys have aestheticized nuclear weapons as sexy — but still safe — since their very existence. Nolan prolongs the time between the flash and the blast, allowing Oppenheimer’s words to hang in unnerving suspension.

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☆ Haunting photos show the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( James Pasley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

His government decided to drop the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On August 6, the atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, instantly leveling five square miles and killing an estimated 80,000 people. The explosion wiped out five square miles of the city, including 62,000 buildings. Director Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer," which was released in July, is about the work that went on to build an atomic bomb in the years leading up to Hiroshima. Here's how the bomb drop played out and why it wasn't enough to end the war by itself.

Persons: Harry Truman, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer Organizations: Service Locations: Germany, Japan, Hiroshima, Wall, Silicon, Here's

☆ Trumpworld is going nuts over another indictment, but Joe Biden's just hanging out at the beach, hitting up a seafood joint, and going to the movies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meanwhile on Tuesday, Trump was hit with another indictment and accused of trying to overturn the 2020 vote. The Bidens then headed to a nearby movie theatre to catch Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," according to Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason. "We would refer you to the Justice Department, which conducts its criminal investigations independently," White House spokesperson Ian Sams told Reuters. And Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., claimed that the indictment was an attempt to derail his father's re-election campaign. A representative for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Oppenheimer, Trump, Donald Trump, Jill Biden, Christopher Nolan's, Jeff Mason, Biden's, Ian Sams, Stormy Daniels, Trump's, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jesse Watters, Donald Trump Jr Organizations: Service, Reuters, Reuters White House, Associated Press, Capitol, Justice Department, Twitter, Trump, Fox News, White Locations: Wall, Silicon, Delaware, Rehoboth Beach, Florida, Georgia

☆ How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Most focused on the potential for nuclear explosions to quickly excavate areas for construction projects at lower costs than conventional explosives. (Hamblin is the author of the book "The Wretched Atom: America's Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology.") Fly the radioactive skiesUS officials also hoped nuclear energy could be used for transportation. Nicknamed the "pan-atomic canal," nuclear explosions would have carved a sea-level waterway through Nicaragua, Panama, or Colombia, per Forbes. Corbis via Getty ImagesFor Hamblin, the concept of "peaceful nuclear explosions" fell out of favor in the mid-70s.

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☆ 'Barbenheimer' box office sales keep rolling in second weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Nicholas P. Brown | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 30 (Reuters) - Warner Bros' (WBD.O) "Barbie" showed no signs of slowing down in its second weekend at the box office, and was set to haul in $93 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday, according to estimates from media analytics firm Comscore. 1 movie, and the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film directed by a woman - has made more than $351 million in the U.S. and Canada since opening on July 21, and nearly $775 million globally, Comscore reported. The two films together have been dubbed "Barbenheimer," a nod to the relative rarity of two blockbusters opening the same weekend. Their combined sales are "absolutely mind blowing," Dergarabedian said, with second-weekend numbers that "would have been hailed as opening weekend wins." Universal's Oppenheimer has made $174 million in the U.S. and Canada so far, and $400 million worldwide.

Persons: Barbie, Greta Gerwig's, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Ken, Ynon, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's, Robert Oppenheimer, Paul Dergarabedian, Dergarabedian, Universal's Oppenheimer, Robbie, Nicholas P, Brown, Peter Henderson, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Warner Bros, Mattel, Hollywood, Guild of America, SAG, Thomson Locations: U.S, Canada

☆ The FBI surveilled J. Robert Oppenheimer for months on one man's suggestion. During the surveillance, interviewees alleged he was feeding nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The FBI watched J. Robert Oppenheimer for months after he helped make the WWII-ending atomic bomb. Reports from the FBI show Oppenheimer was accused of Communism and spreading information to Russia. During the investigation, though, Pitzer said he had new doubts about Oppenheimer's loyalty to the country, due to his initial reservations about the development of the H-bomb. The Atomic Heritage Foundation does consider Oppenheimer likely to have held communist sympathies, but maintains that information in the report was exaggerated. At the end of the inquest, Oppenheimer's top-level security clearances were revoked, a devastating blow to the scientist.

Persons: Robert Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, J, Christopher Nolan's, Edgar Hoover, Lewis Strauss, Hoover, Strauss, Kenneth Pitzer, Pitzer, Ward Evans, Jean Tatlock, Bernard Peters, Oppenheimer's, Jennifer Granholm, Granholm, AHF Organizations: FBI, Congress, Service, US Atomic Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, UC, Loyola University , Chicago, Atomic Energy, German Communist Party, Atomic Heritage Foundation, USA, US, Department of Energy, DOE Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Soviet Union, UC Berkeley's

☆ 'Oppenheimer' and the story behind those who lost their land to the lab
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] The town of Los Alamos, New Mexico with Fuller Lodge and the "Big House" dormitories is seen in an undated photograph. "Oppenheimer had no qualms about displacing people from their homelands," said Gomez, who wrote "Nuclear Nuevo Mexico" about the setting up of the lab. Today Los Alamos County, where the lab is based, is one of the richest and best-educated in the United States. "There's no economic development in our areas because it's all focused in Los Alamos," said Cristian Madrid-Estrada, director of the regional homeless shelter in Espanola, Rio Arriba's largest town. The lab said over 61% of employees hired since 2018 were from New Mexico, with most of its workforce living outside Los Alamos County.

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☆ Science advisors for 'Oppenheimer' say Christopher Nolan taught himself quantum physics so well that it made their jobs easy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Christopher Nolan's new film 'Oppenheimer' features complex science. Science advisors on his latest film, "Oppenheimer," told Insider that's because he teaches himself the science before he even sits down to write. Thorne, who attended lectures by the real J. Robert Oppenheimer while studying at Princeton, has first-hand knowledge about Oppenheimer the man, not just his science. So he said that he clarified and expanded on some of the interactions these famous men would have had with one another for Nolan's film. Oppenheimer was an expert in quantum physics, and was responsible for bringing the discipline to the US, Thorne said.

Persons: Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Tenet, he's, Kip Thorne, Thorne, Robert Oppenheimer, it's, David Saltzberg, Saltzberg, Prefacing he's Organizations: Service, Princeton, UCLA, Trinity Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Chien-Shiung Wu, a nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, spent her career fighting for gender equality in science
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese physicist who was instrumental to the Manhattan Project. Chien-Shiung Wu is a physicist who broke through both gender and racial barriers in 1940s America, wowing the science community with her significant contributions to the Manhattan Project. Like many other scientists involved in the project, Wu later distanced herself from the Manhattan Project due to its destructive outcome. Robert W. Kelley/Contributor/Getty ImagesWu's legacyAfter the Manhattan Project, Wu continued to advance the science community's understanding of nuclear physics. Wu was later awarded the first Wolf Prize, considered the second most prestigious award after the Nobel Prize, in 1978.

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☆ 'Barbie' box office dominance extends beyond the weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Warner Bros. flick based on Mattel's iconic fashion doll continued to tally record ticket sales following its historic opening weekend. On Monday, "Barbie" added $26 million to its haul, the biggest Monday in the history of Warner Bros. and the best-ever for a female director. Greta Gerwig's bubblegum pink feature added another $26 million on Tuesday, extending its domestic box office to $214 million. "Barbie" exceeded opening weekend expectations, snaring $162 million over its first three days in domestic theaters. In just five days in theaters, "Barbie" has topped $470 million globally.

Persons: It's, Greta, Harry Potter, Margot Robbie, Mario, Barbie, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer Organizations: Warner Bros, Marvel, Star, Mario Bros, Universal, Comcast, CNBC Locations: Hollywood, NBCUniversal

☆ 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' are both about death
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In their shared opening weekend, "Barbie" and' "Oppenheimer" have been breaking box office records. In box office-shattering numbers, people flocked to the theaters for the premieres of Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" and Greta Gerwig's "Barbie". Life in plastic, not so fantasticIn what is now a viral meme, Barbie begins having incessant thoughts of death early on in the film, mid-dance sequence. 'Death, the destroyer of worlds'Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer." Universal PicturesIt's easier to understand what "Oppenheimer" has to do with death.

Persons: Barbie, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's, Greta Gerwig's, pinker, Mari Faines, Robert Oppenheimer, we're, Ruth Handler, Murphy, J, Albert Einstein, Einstein, Daniel Uhlfelder, you've, — we've, Faines, We're Organizations: Service, Global, Manhattan Project, Pictures Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Russia

☆ The US military once detonated a nuclear bomb directly above the heads of 5 officers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On July 19, 1957, the Nevada Test Site conducted a test of an unguided nuclear air-to-air rocket. "My only regrets right now," Col. Bruce says, "are that everybody couldn't have been out here at ground zero with us." "I had a call saying they needed me out for a special test," Yoshitake said, according to The Rafu Shimpo, a bilingual Japanese-English newspaper. "I found out when I got to Nevada that I was going to be standing at Ground Zero. Yoshitake developed stomach cancer.

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☆ The remarkable story of the world's first atomic bomb and how Oppenheimer reacted to the historic moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Amanda Macias | Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The world's first atomic bomb was detonated in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945. But in a later interview about the decision to drop the bomb, Oppenheimer said that at the moment of the explosion he thought of a line from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Norris Bradbury stands next to the partially assembled Gadget atop the test tower. WikipediaLess than a month later, on August 6, 1945, the US dropped a five-ton atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Oppenheimer later told the American Philosophical Society: "We have made a thing, a most terrible weapon, that has altered abruptly and profoundly the nature of the world."

Persons: Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Leslie Groves, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer's, John Donne, Einstein, Gadget, Amanda Macias, Norris Bradbury Organizations: Manhattan, Service, Department of Energy, YouTube, US, Japan's, Getty, American Philosophical Locations: New Mexico, Wall, Silicon, —, Alamogordo , New Mexico, American, Germany, America, Hiroshima, Japan's Nagasaki, Japan, New York

☆ The beauty and terror of Oppenheimer's first-ever nuclear test explosion, in the words of those who witnessed it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Tom Porter | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m., the world's first nuclear weapon test was conducted in New Mexico. A photo made by a US Army automatic newsreel camera showing the test explosion of the world's first atomic bomb. An aerial view of the aftermath of the explosion at Trinity Test Site, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. The massive explosion of Oppenheimer's Trinity test was first explained away as an ammo dump explosion. Asked to describe his reaction to seeing the explosion, Oppenheimer quoted a verse from the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu devotional text.

Persons: J, Robert Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer —, Christopher Nolan's, —, Arthur Compton, Compton, Oppenheimer, Nolan, It's, Elsie McMillan, Edwin McMillan, Gadget, John Donne, Eddie Adams, Sam Allison, Marvin Wilkening, Brig, Thomas F, Farrell, William Spindel, I'm, Roger Rasmussen, Trinity Organizations: Manhattan Project, Service, Scientific, Manhattan, Hollywood, Atomic Heritage Foundation, Trinity, Institute for, Study, AP, US Army, Clovis, National Security Research Locations: New Mexico, Wall, Silicon, Socorro , New Mexico, Princeton , New Jersey, Gen

☆ 'Oppenheimer' leaves out the most terrifying, deadly risk of nuclear weapons because nobody knew about it until the 1980s
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The film "Oppenheimer" is filled with terrible visions of nuclear war from the father of the atom bomb. But J. Robert Oppenheimer didn't know about the worst-case scenario: nuclear winter. The theory is that nuclear war would darken the skies, cool the planet, and cause billions to starve. Last year, they published findings that fish and livestock would not be able to sustain the world if nuclear winter wiped out crops. They concluded that a nuclear war between the US and Russia could cause 5 billion people to starve to death.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer didn't, Christopher Nolan's, Cillian Murphy's J, Robert Oppenheimer, Alan Robock, Lucy Nicholson, Carl Sagan, Robock Organizations: Service, Bravo, NOAA, Rutgers University, Reuters, Trinity, US Army, Getty Images Locations: Wall, Silicon, Alamos, Central Valley, Russia, India, Pakistan

☆ 'Oppenheimer' leaves out New Mexicans exposed to radiation from the Manhattan Project, despite local efforts to contact filmmakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Manhattan Project displaced some New Mexicans and employed others at Los Alamos in the 1940s. Christopher Nolan's new film "Oppenheimer" leaves out these lasting, local impacts. The Manhattan Project displaced some New Mexicans, employed others, and irradiated potentially thousands. Her grandfather was the physicist Enrico Fermi, who worked on the Manhattan Project and is played by Danny Deferrari in the film. The Oppenheimer character briefly mentions people living in the area when he proposes it as the site for the Manhattan Project.

Persons: Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Tina Cordova's, Cordova, Robert Alexander, me, Christopher Nolan, Wiktor, Getty Images Cordova, Olivia Fermi, Kai Bird, Fermi, Cordova's, Enrico Fermi, Danny Deferrari, It's, Los, Rosario Martinez Fiorillo, Nolan, Elizabeth, Alvin Graves, Elizabeth Graves, Alex Wellerstein, Geiger, Bob Bell, Matt McClain, Graves, Nobody, Leslie Groves, Wellerstein, Cillian Murphy Organizations: Manhattan Project, Service, New, New Mexico History, Pixar, Odeon Luxe, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images, Manhattan, Los Alamos Ranch, Trinity, San, El Rancho, Trinity Test, Stevens Institute of Technology, Washington, Getty, National Park Service, Los Alamos, Alamogordo, Base, Associated Press, Army, Pictures, NPS Locations: Los Alamos, Wall, Silicon, New Mexico, Tularosa, Trinity, Santa Fe, California, London, Vancouver, Alamogordo , New Mexico, San Ildefonso Pueblo, El, Carrizozo , New Mexico, Amarillo , Texas, Silver City , New Mexico, Cordova, Los

☆ Here's why the pilot of Enola Gay had no regrets about dropping the first atom bomb designed by Oppenheimer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Tom Porter | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Toward the end of his life, Enola Gay's pilot was unrepentant saying they saved "a lot of lives." So when the Enola Gay approached at 8:15 a.m., many thought it was a reconnaissance plane. But how did the explosion weigh with the 12 men aboard the Enola Gay who dropped the bomb that day? Some of the crew of the Enola Gay, the B-29 plane from which the first atom bomb was dropped.

Persons: Gay, Enola, Enola Gay, Paul W, Tibbets Jr, Tibbets, Paul Tibbets Jr, Richard Cannon, Edger, we'd, God we're, we've, Terkel, Capt, Theodore van Kirk, I'm, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer famousy Organizations: Service, US Air Force, Boy, Us Air Force, Getty, Enola, Army Air Force Locations: Hiroshima, Wall, Silicon, Tinian, Guam, Japan, Nagasaki, Los Alamos , New Mexico

☆ Long after Oppenheimer, the US is still paying benefits to people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear tests
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Decades after Oppenheimer, the US still pays benefits to people exposed to nuclear radiation. Civilians who contracted cancer or other diseases due to nuclear testing also receive benefits. Long after the creation and testing of that first nuclear weapon and the many more tests that followed, Washington is still paying benefits to veterans and civilians exposed to radiation from nuclear bomb tests and cleanups. It was over 40 years after the first nuclear test, codenamed "Trinity," before the risks and dangers were officially recognized. Jeff T. Green/Getty ImagesCurrent VA benefits related to nuclear radiation exposure include cleanups at the Marshall Islands and Palomares, Spain, from a 1966 US Air Force plutonium accident.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's, Robert Oppenheimer, Bill Clinton's, Eileen Welsome's, Markey, Ken Brownell, Francis Lincoln Grahlfs, Brownell, Jeff T Organizations: Manhattan, Service, Los Alamos Laboratory, Trinity, Universal Pictures, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MPI, Manhattan Project, Marshall, Air Force, McMurdo, Manhattan Project's Trinity Locations: Marshall, Wall, Silicon, Nazi Germany, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Washington, Japan, Nevada, Hanford, Palomares, Spain, McMurdo Antarctica, Ukraine

☆ Photos: 'Barbie' turns movie theaters pink
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The "Barbie" movie dominated the box office this past weekend, and you didn't need the numbers to prove it. Many movie theaters were awash in pink as fans of the iconic doll came dressed for the occasion. "Everything about this movie and the toy is fun," Sheri Lambert, a marketing professor at Temple University, told CNN. The combined release of "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," dubbed "Barbenheimer," has become a pop culture sensation — and one that might revive a struggling movie industry. "Barbie" was distributed by Warner Bros., which is owned by CNN's parent company Warner Bros.

Persons: Sheri Lambert, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer Organizations: Temple University, CNN, Warner Bros, Warner Bros .

☆ Oppenheimer never won a Nobel Prize, but these 31 scientists with ties to the Manhattan Project did
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

Manhattan Project: After a harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943, Bohr began consulting on the Manhattan Project. Manhattan Project: Between 1943 and 1944, Muller was a civilian advisor for the Manhattan Project, consulting on experiments studying the effects of radiation. Maria Goeppert Mayer, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1963Maria Goeppert Mayer worked on the Manhattan Project and later won the Nobel Prize in physics. Manhattan Project: Working as an assistant to his father, Niels Bohr, Aage Bohr proved instrumental in interpreting for some members of the Manhattan Project. Manhattan Project: At 18, Glauber was still a student at Harvard when he became one of the youngest scientists to join the Manhattan Project.

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☆ Generative AI is coming for the visual effects industry: What the technology means for the future of animation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Four VFX artists told Insider that AI could boost productivity and inspire creativity. Four visual-effects artists spoke to Insider about how generative AI could change their industry. Given its impressive capabilities, they believe AI has the potential to save visual-effects artists time on laborious tasks and create new forms of storytelling. Generative AI is impressing VFX artists — but it's not ready for prime timeAll four VFX artists who Insider spoke with said the quality of AI-generated animations impressed them. McCarron believes that the technology will enhance the quality of artists' work — not take over.

Persons: Runway's, Sebastien Francoeur, Francoeur, it's, Paul Franklin, Franklin, Christopher Nolan's, Mark Chavez, Jennifer Twiner McCarron, McCarron, Rick, Morty, It's, Mark Patch, Patch, Chavez, — Organizations: Adobe, Marvel Studios, Disney, International Alliance, Employees, Thunderbird Entertainment, Netflix, PBS, Marvel Locations: Hollywood

☆ 'Barbie' movie debut shines even brighter as final tally rises
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The final Friday to Sunday tally for the "Barbie" movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling was slightly higher than the $155 million the studio estimated on Sunday. "Barbie" is the No.1 movie of the year based on domestic opening weekend sales, beating the $146.4 million haul for April release "The Super Mario Bros. The story of the making of the atomic bomb brought in $82.4 million in the United States and Canada from Friday through Sunday, up from the earlier estimate of $80.5 million. In 78 international markets, "Oppenheimer" collected nearly $98.0 million for a global total of $180.4 million. Both movies beat expectations and helped the U.S. and Canadian box office surpass $300 million for just the fourth time in history.

Persons: Margot Robbie, Maja Smiejkowska, Warner Bros, Ryan Gosling, Mario, Greta Gerwig's, Barbie, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Lisa Richwine, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Warner, Mario Bros, Mattel Inc, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, United States, Canada, U.S

☆ 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' set UK-Ireland box office double debut record
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File PhotoLONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - "Barbie" grossed an estimated 18.5 million pounds ($23.7 million) and "Oppenheimer" 10.9 million pounds at the UK-Ireland box office at the weekend, Screen International said on Monday - the first time two films opened to over 10 million pounds each. Greta Gerwig, who helmed "Barbie", beat the record for the biggest opening for a film directed by a woman. "Oppenheimer", starring Irish actor Cillian Murphy as the American scientist who developed the atomic bomb, also secured director Christopher Nolan's second-biggest UK opening weekend. Cinema operator Vue International said it had enjoyed its biggest weekend since "Avengers: Endgame" opened in 2019, with "Barbie" on track to become the biggest film of 2023. "Barbie", which stars Margot Robbie, also ruled in U.S. and Canadian theatres, taking an estimated $155 million to set the record for the biggest domestic opening of 2023.

Persons: Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Maja Smiejkowska, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Cillian Murphy, Christopher Nolan's, Farouq Suleiman, Paul Sandle Organizations: REUTERS, Vue, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Ireland, U.S

☆ 'Barbenheimer's' $246 million weekend joins 'Star Wars' and 'Avengers' as one of the biggest openings ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

So, while the movies share nothing other than a release date, their box office performances have been intertwined. Because of the "Barbenheimer" effect, many moviegoers who had only planned to see one of the two films ended up watching both. When forecasting for the two movies first started, experts predicted that "Barbie" would have an opening weekend in the $50 million to $60 million range, while "Oppenheimer" looked poised to sell between $30 million and $40 million worth of tickets. "Barbie's" $162 million share of that figure set the record for biggest opening weekend ever for a female director. Here's how the "Barbenheimer" $246.2 million opening weekend stacks up among the biggest movie openings of all time, according to Comscore data.

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