'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)