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'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' had the biggest opening of the year

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The North American box office experienced its best weekend since 2019's "Avengers: Endgame” due to “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”.

In the end, Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" won the box office with a $155 million debut weekend, which broke the record for the biggest North American opening by a female director, passing Marvel's "Captain Marvel" from 2019.


In second place was Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," which had an impressive opening of $80.5 million, the best debut for a Nolan movie outside of his "Batman" films.

.The North American box office had the best weekend since 2019’s opening weekend for “Avengers: Endgame.” This big weekend is all due to the hype from “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer," with many movie-goers deciding to see both movies as they participate in the “Barbenheimer” craze.

This is the biggest opening of the year and breaks the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman.  Oppenheimer also did well, bringing in $80.5 million. It is predicted after final numbers are determined that this will be the fourth biggest box office weekend of all time with over $300 million industry wide.

Here are the top five movies at the North American box office this weekend:

1. Barbie" - $155 million

2. Oppenheimer" - $80.5 million

3. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning: Part One" - $19.5 million

4. Sound of Freedom" - $19 million

5. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" - $6.7 million