‘Barbenheimer’ Opening Weekend Box Office Numbers Revealed for ‘Barbie’ & ‘Oppenheimer’!

'Barbenheimer' Opening Weekend Box Office Numbers Revealed for 'Barbie' & 'Oppenheimer'!

The Barbenheimer numbers are in!

Barbie and Oppenheimer both won big at the box office in their respective opening weekends, surpassing projections for both projects.

The Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie far exceeded expectations with $155 million, making it the biggest debut of the year.

Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer also excelled, bringing in $80.5 million in its opening weekend.

The two movies had the biggest collective box office weekend of the pandemic era, as well as the fourth-biggest overall weekend in history, according to Variety.

Barbie was budgeted for $145 million, and got an “A” CinemaScore and 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s also the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman!

Analysts were anticipating a $50 million start for Oppenheimer, which added $93.7 million for a global tally of $174 million. The movie cost $100 million to make.

Click through to see the Top 5 at the box office this weekend…