Two of the 12 months’s most eagerly anticipated motion pictures hit theaters Friday, as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” kick off what is predicted to be an enormous box-office weekend.
The two motion pictures have even sparked an web phenomenon dubbed “Barbenheimer,” with individuals planning to look at each movies on the identical day.
On Friday, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.
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CEO Adam Aron tweeted that 60,000 of the movie-theater chain’s Stubs members have purchased same-day double-feature tickets for “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”
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“Will be a big weekend!” the CEO wrote, noting that the most recent “Mission: Impossible” film and the shock hit “Sound of Freedom” are already enjoying in theaters.
A worldwide advertising and marketing blitz has generated huge buzz round Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s
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“Barbie,” which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and was produced in collaboration with toy big Mattel Inc.
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On Wednesday, Aron additionally tweeted that AMC has ordered 25,000 pink Barbie toy Corvettes, that are being offered at AMC theaters.
“Oppenheimer” is directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Cillian Murphy because the atomic-bomb scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, and like “Barbie,” the film has garnered early optimistic critiques. “Oppenheimer” is already being touted as an Oscar contender.
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“The motion picture industry is poised for a huge box office weekend with the release of two highly anticipated films, Barbie and Oppenheimer, which are expected to generate a combined global start of over $260 [million],” Benchmark analyst Mike Hickey wrote in a observe launched Friday.
“Barbie” has presales surpassing Walt Disney Co.’s “The Little Mermaid,” in response to Hickey, with U.S. projections starting from $90 million to $125 million and international projections of round $165 million. “Oppenheimer,” in the meantime, is projected to gross between $40 million and $50 million domestically and one other $45 million internationally, which Hickey referred to as “a substantial achievement for a three-hour adult drama.”
The analyst famous that “Oppenheimer” may have a three-week unique Imax
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run and in addition highlighted latest box-office traits. “Despite the ongoing strikes by [the Writers Guild of America] and [the Screen Actors Guild], the movie industry has seen a 13% increase in box office revenues from the previous year,” Hickey wrote.
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Shares of AMC ended Friday’s session up 1.6%, however then rocketed greater than 60% after a court docket in Delaware prevented the corporate transferring ahead with its inventory conversion plan. Cinemark Holdings Inc.’s
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inventory ended Friday’s session down 0.8%, in contrast with the S&P 500’s
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acquire of 0.03%. Imax shares ended Friday’s session down 1.1%, Mattel’s inventory declined 0.4% and Warner Bros. Discovery’s ended the session down 1.4%.
Additional reporting by Bill Peters.
Source web site: www.marketwatch.com
