EXCLUSIVE:The UKbox officeis booming thanks toBarbenheimer.
Both opened last weekend.
The previous record of 7.6M admissions was set in 2012 during the first-week of Sam Mendes Bond picSkyfall.
‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’Warner Bros/Universal
We can expect firm figures on admissions in the coming weeks.
The UK box office has been all Barbenheimer all week, with exhibitors reporting record highs.
Vue said more than a fifth of all customers at its cinemas booked tickets to see both films.
The chain also recorded over 2,000 sold-out sessions ofBarbie.
The film is now the biggest Warner Bros. offshore opening ever for a non-franchise film.
At the same time, Christopher Nolans explosive biopicOppenheimerhas a strong global total of $265.1M through Wednesday.
The offshore figure is $147.2M.
Both titles are performing beyond expectations and have been buoyed by strong responses from critics and audiences alike.
The film is also Warner Bros.s largest advance sales haul ever at $49.5M.
Andreas Wiseman contributed to this report.
