“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” are headed for a combined $2 billion at the global box office
“Barbie has already earned $1.18 billion, while Oppenheimer is approaching $650 million.
Last weekend, the Mattel doll movie crossed the $1 billion mark, setting a record for Greta Gerwig (the first time a film directed by a female director solo has reached this amount), and this week it earned another $45.1 million in 75 international markets (down 47%), bringing its total international box office to $657.6 million and global box office to $1.18 billion.
“Barbie” also surpassed “The Dark Knight Returns” and three Harry Potter films to become one of the 10 most popular Warner Bros. films. of all time. The top international markets for the romantic comedy Gerwig were the UK ($100.1 million), Mexico ($51.8 million), Australia ($47.3 million), Germany ($42.2 million) and Brazil ($42 million).
Another work of Warner Bros. “In its second week, The Hollow 2 earned another $43.7 million in 75 markets, bringing its total international gross to $202.8 million and its global gross to $256.9 million.
Oppenheimer’s box office dropped 43% in its fourth weekend to $32 million from 79 markets. In total, the international cash flow reached $384 million, and the global cash flow reached $649 million. It is Christopher Nolan’s biggest film of all time in 50 markets (including Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands, India and Poland) and the director’s best “non-superhero film” out of a total of 62 works.
Meanwhile, “Mission Impossible. Impossible. Part One” has already grossed $522 million – over the weekend, Cruise’s film earned another $10.9 million in 67 markets (down 39%), bringing its total international gross to $362.9 million.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Carnage” grossed $10.4 million in its second weekend from 47 markets, bringing its global total to $94.7 million.
The weekend’s only major premiere was Neil Blomkamp’s biographical sports drama Gran Turismo, which earned $10 million in 30 international markets and is set to debut domestically on August 25. Currently, critics on Rotten Tomatoes rate the film at 60%, but the audience has been more favorable, with a 98% rating.
