'Barbenheimer' Films Smash U.S. Box Office

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The highly anticipated film Barbie premiered on Friday. It broke box office records this weekend, Greta Gerwig hit movie smashed the glass ceilings and expectation bringing in $155 million making it the biggest box office debut of the year. If that weren't enough of a reason to say. Come on. Barbie Gerwig also made box office history by scoring the biggest opening weekend for a female director ever. The record was previously held by Captain Marvel co directors, Anna Bowden and Ryan Fleck when that movie earned 100 and $53 million in its opening weekend. Sure Barbie to Girl Power, but Greta Gerwig is moving that energy from Barbie Land to the real World and premiering alongside the pink pad picture was Christopher Nolan's equally anticipated historical drama Oppenheimer, which made $80.5 million helping to light up the box office. This weekend, the dual movie premieres have been coined Barben Heimer and have reportedly become the fourth highest grossing box office weekend of all time.