Barbieby Greta Gerwig, has sold more than 1.6 million tickets in Spain during the weekend of its premiere (from Thursday to Sunday) and has raised 10 million euros, according to the consulting firm Comscore. The same source attributes to Oppenheimerby Christopher Nolan, income of 3.5 million euros, which makes last weekend the best for Spanish cinemas since November 2019.
Not only in Spain has the simultaneous premiere of the two great films of the summer had an impact. Barbie it has taken 154 million euros in the 70 markets in which it has been released in the world, which makes it the best premiere of 2023 and the the most viewed film directed by a woman in historyin front of Wonder Woman by Patty Jenkins. Among Barbie’s income, seven million from China stand out, a country in which Western releases are restricted and the Mattel doll is not the same symbol as in the West.
Oppenheimerfor its part, has taken 70.2 million euros, which makes it the third most watched film in its premiere in the career of Christopher Nolanbelow the two installments of Batman.