'Barbie' Earns $22.3M in Previews & 'Oppenheimer' Collects $10.5M at the Box Office | THR News - video Dailymotion

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'Barbie' earned a huge $22.3 million in box office previews, marking the best preview showing of 2023 so far. The film is going up against Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer', which earned a strong $10.5 million in Thursday previews.

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00:00 It's Barbenheimer weekend at the box office,

00:02 and Barbie is already off to the races in her pink Corvette.

00:05 - Hi, Barbie!

00:07 - Hi, Ken!

00:08 - Barbie earned a huge $22.3 million in box office previews,

00:12 including special Wednesday screenings,

00:14 marking the best preview showing of 2023 so far.

00:17 It's worth noting that's ahead

00:19 of two of this year's superhero films,

00:21 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,

00:22 which scored $17.5 million in previews,

00:26 and Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse,

00:27 which brought in $17.4 million.

00:30 Barbie is on course to open to as much

00:32 as $110 million domestically, if not more,

00:35 which would make it one of the top openings

00:37 of the summer season.

00:38 - Guys, this is the best day ever.

00:40 - It is the best day ever, so is yesterday,

00:42 and so is tomorrow, and every day from now until forever!

00:45 (crowd cheering)

00:45 - Greta Gerwig's Barbie is going up against

00:47 Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer,

00:49 which earned a strong $10.5 million in Thursday previews.

00:53 That's also one of the better showings of the summer,

00:55 and ahead of preview numbers for Mission Impossible,

00:57 Dead Reckoning Part One, and Indiana Jones

01:00 and the Dial of Destiny.

01:01 A source with access to tracking data

01:03 says Oppenheimer is pacing to open to $49 million.

01:06 - Are we saying there's a chance

01:09 that when we push that button, we destroy the world?

01:13 - Chances are near zero.

01:15 - Near zero.

01:17 - For the latest box office news and numbers,

01:19 head to THR.com.

01:21 For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

01:24 (upbeat music)

01:26 (air whooshing)

'Barbie' Earns $22.3M in Previews & 'Oppenheimer' Collects $10.5M at the Box Office | THR News

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