'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' give jolt to summer box office
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"Barbenheimer" weekend was great for the box office, with two blockbuster films that resulted in the strongest weekend of 2023 for theaters in North America.
It also led to the fourth-biggest weekend ever in the U.S., according to Comscore, as well as the only weekend in the top 10 of all-time that didn't include a movie from Jurassic Park, Marvel or Star Wars franchises.
Warner Bros. Pictures' (NASDAQ:WBD) Barbie grossed $155M in the U.S. and Canada, while Universal Pictures' (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Oppenheimer brought in $80.5M domestically between Friday and Sunday.
It's also a big cause of celebration for Hollywood, which is experiencing a double strike by both actors and writers, as well as theater stocks like AMC (NYSE:AMC), Cinemark (NYSE:CNK), Cineplex (OTCPK:CPXGF) and IMAX (IMAX).
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