Thousands of Moviegoers Plan Barbenheimer Double Feature
Thousands of Moviegoers Plan Barbenheimer Double Feature
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00:00 The pop culture phenomenon is upon us.
00:03 The sugary pink doll comedy Barbie.
00:05 Hi Ken.
00:06 And the atomic bomb thriller Oppenheimer.
00:09 The two films couldn't be more different.
00:12 Yet tens of thousands of fans have already bought tickets
00:15 to see both films on the same day,
00:17 making it a double feature.
00:19 It's being called Barbenheimer.
00:22 The craze is showing up on social media
00:24 with fan generated movie posters featuring both films.
00:28 But which film to see first?
00:30 The debate is on.
00:31 I think actually start your day with Barbie,
00:33 then go straight into Oppenheimer.
00:35 Meredith Loftus of LA is proudly sporting
00:38 her Barbenheimer t-shirt and is opting to see
00:40 the three hour Oppenheimer first, then Barbie.
00:44 I am so excited.
00:45 I have been waiting for this day for so long.
00:47 So the fact that it's here just feels surreal.
00:50 Fandango correspondent Nikki Novak says,
00:53 "We've never seen anything like it before."
00:55 This was the biggest surprise for Hollywood in general
00:59 because it wasn't marketed that way.
01:01 It started out as a competition,
01:03 which movie would do better opening weekend,
01:04 and then it became a celebration of both movies.
01:07 Reviews are trickling in
01:08 and both the movies are scoring high.
01:11 Rotten Tomatoes gives Oppenheimer a 97% favorable rating
01:15 and Barbie gets a 90%,
01:17 though the New York Post differed,
01:19 calling Barbie lousy.
01:22 Both of these films are so incredible,
01:24 so entertaining.
01:26 Barbie is the pinkest movie I ever saw.
01:29 It's fun, it's full of life, it's energetic,
01:31 and then you have Oppenheimer, this gripping drama.
01:34 History of the world.
01:35 (dramatic news music)
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