Barbenheimer does just that. Remember Barbie gf / Oppenheimer bf from oh so many interactions of Barbenheimer memes ago? It was the perfect social media landscape for these films to be released into.

Running cume for Barbie through four days is $188.1M at 4,243 theaters. Oppenheimer is the third-best Monday for Nolan after Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, which did $19.3M on July 23 ...

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Thanks to the Academy Awards, "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" will likely remain in the conversation through March of next year, when each film looks set to receive some recognition at the 2024 Oscars.