Box Office: Barbie and Oppenheimer Opening Day/First Friday India Early Estimates

Mumbai, July 21 - Hollywood has another rocking start at the Indian box office as Margot Robbie's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer", lovingly called "Barbenheimer" clash, collecting an estimated around combined 20 crores net collection on the opening day.

Christopher Nolan's atom bomb movie "Oppenheimer" was by far the biggest movie of the day at the Indian box office, scoring an estimated 13-14 crores net while the fantasy comedy "Barbie" sees an estimated 5-5.50 crores net collection.

Going by the estimates, "Oppenheimer" has taken the biggest start for a Hollywood movie in India this year, besting "Fast X" which debuted with 12.50 crores net. The recently released Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible 7" scored approx. 12.30 crores India net on opening day.

"Oppenheimer" is proving to be an IMAX delight as the opening day collection is approx. 1.75 crore gross in this premium format. The word of mouth for the movie is solid and it will be eyeing around 50-55 crores net 3-day weekend.

Greta Gerwig's directorial "Barbie" has a good start and it will lock in to score around 20 crores net opening weekend. Just like its fellow Hollywood title, "Barbie" has good word of mouth which should help it to post good numbers.

Stay tuned...