International cinema chainVuesays it has recorded its best ever week in large part due to theBarbieandOppenheimerreleases ten days ago.

The company says it surpassed its weekly admissions record by 40% across its eight European markets.

The company declined to reveal admission totals.

‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’

‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’Warner Bros/Universal

The momentum of the two movies has continued over their second weekend.

The offshore take from this weekend was $122.2M in 69 markets, just 32% off opening.

The Greta Gerwig-directed pic maintained its No.

WGA West building in Hollywood

Globally, this puts the running total on the Christopher Nolan pic at $400.4M.

Vue is hopeful the bounce will carry over across the summer.

Theres more to come.

The firm operates 200 sites globally with close to 2,000 screens.

90 of those sites are in the UK.

Nancy Tartaglione contributed to this report.