The box office is primed for a jolt this weekend with the release of two highly anticipated movies, Barbie and Oppenheimer, and the films are already off to good starts, according to Deadline.
Barbie, from director Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, reached $22.3 million for its Thursday premiere in the US. That’s the biggest stateside Thursday results for any movie so far in 2023, outpacing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s $17.5 million.
As for Oppenheimer, Universal announced that it earned $10.5 million from its own Thursday box office results in the US.