a double box office blockbuster barbie and oppenheimer take the cinemas by storm, providing the big screen with its biggest footfall in four years. and bye bye blue bird. twitter becomes x but will the new logo revive the fortunes of elon musk s social media giant? welcome to world business report, i m ben thompson. let s start with two movies which have got the world s attention at the box office this past weekend. barbie and oppenheimer delivered the strongest opening weekend at the box office this year as fans rushed to experience the barbenheimer phenomenon. following a marketing blitz from toymaker mattel and warner bros, the barbie film was always expected to do well. globally its estimated to have made around $337 million during its opening weekend. in north america,
that people wanted to tell him that story because, in hisjournalism, they saw the outstretched hand of a shared humanity and of solidarity. they re watching you stay reporting live from singapore. let s talk about two movies that got the world s attention at the box office this past weekend. barbie and oppenheimer delivered the strongest opening weekend at the box office this year. the barbenheimer phenomenon. there was a huge marketing blitz from toymaker mattel and warner bros, the barbie film was always expected to do well. globally its estimated to have made around $337 million dollars during its opening weekend. in north america, barbie made $155 million alone, which makes it the fourth highest grossing film debut ever in north america. it s only behind two instalments of the avengers franchise and a star wars film.
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