If those numbers hit, its a mind-blowing start for a talky three-hour adult movie.
Many ticket buyers are already planning double features with dinner scheduled in between.
In the U.S. and Canada,Barbiewill have Wednesday fan previews aka Barbie Blowout Parties in 500 locations.
‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’Everett; Universal
Thursday previews at 3,400 sites start at 3 p.m.
Shell play in Dolby, PLFs, Dine-Ins and Drive-ins, for a total of 9,000 screens.
The latter would usually indicate some censorship concerns;Barbiealready has been banned in Vietnam.
The UK and Australia could excel.
Although the film will release in China this weekend, we have essentially zero expectations for it.
Whats more, there are heavyweight local films coming into that market.
Does the Barbenheimer effect help?
In general, its expected to expand the market and be good news for cinemagoing in general.
Also, for the first time, there are sections in Imax black and white analogue photography.
Murphy plays atomic bomb architect J. Robert Oppenheimer and Blunt his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine Kitty Oppenheimer.
The pic is hitting most majors except for Korea and Italy this weekend.
Most notably, France is where the Nolan movie is expected to excel.
Thursday adds Australia, Brazil, Germany, Spain and Mexico, followed by the UK on Friday.
We understand that no plans have been finalized for Japan.
The comp here isDunkirk, which debuted to $49.8M in the same markets and at todays rates.
Nolan and theOppenheimercast premiered the movie in Paris last week, followed by the London event.
