Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' and Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Projected To Take $150+ Million Combined Opening
Los Angeles, July 18 - The Hollywood trade is buzzing for the epic clash between two of the most-awaited movies, Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" which are scheduled to take on each other on July 21. ## The stakes are high for both the aforementioned films and the anticipation is skyrocketing as the release date is getting nearer. Both the movies, completely opposite to each other, are expected to be box office heavyweights and the latest projections indicate the same. ## There has been a significant improvement in "Barbie" as well as "Oppenheimer's" box office projections after the recently concluded premieres where both the movies received rousing receptions from critics. As per the latest projections, the Margot Robbie-starrer "Barbie" is tracking to score $110 million in its domestic (North America) opening weekend. ## "Barbie" was previously projected to score between $70 million and $80 million in the opening weekend, but now, the trade is anticipating it to go much higher. "Oppenheimer", on the other hand, also sees some improvement and is now projected to score $50 million domestic opening weekend from $40 million earlier projections. ## Both "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" are now projected to score $150+ million combined opening weekend domestically. "Oppenheimer" would be one of the lowest openings for Nolan's film ever if it opens on the projected lines. However, it was expected considering the busy summer box office, but at the same time, trade believes that the movie could have long legs at the box office to emerge as one of the biggest hits of the year. ## "Barbie" stars Margot Robbie in the titular role and Ryan Gosling as Ken alongside an ensemble supporting cast that includes America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell. The official premise of the movie states, "After being expelled from the utopian Barbie Land for being a less-than-perfect doll, Barbie and Ken go on a journey of self-discovery to the real world".## "Oppenheimer", which is Nolan's first film not to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures domestically or internationally since "Memento" (2000), is about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film stars Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer, with a supporting ensemble cast including Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., and Florence Pugh, among many others.## Stay tuned...
