was always expected to do well. globally it s estimated to have made around $337 million during its opening weekend. in north america, barbie made $155 million alone, which makes it the fourth highest grossing film debut ever in the north american market. it s only behind two instalments of the avengers franchise and a star wars film. oppenheimer also delivered, it made $174 million worldwide, which was much higher than it was expected to rake in. earlier, i spoke to orlando parfitt, senior online editor at screen international magazine. he said it s been an exceptional weekend. in the uk, the uk box office had its biggest weekend in over four years, so the biggest weekend since cinemas were shut for covid. another good stat, i guess, is that never in the history of hollywood have two films opened with one making more than 100 million, and one making more than 50 million. so what is interesting about this, the barbenheimer phenomenon, is not that they have done as well as the
corfu and evia and on the greek mainland. more than 80 wildfires are now burning and tens of thousands of residents and tourists have been forced to flee. this footage was filmed in island of corfu on sunday evening. over 2,000 people have been evacuated from the island. and this video was filmed in a corfu hotel, as guests were dining. the government says, it has sent boats to evacuate residents by sea, if required. the greek emergency services have been dealing with several fires including two in areas east and south west of the capital, athens. firefighters on rhodes say around one in ten of the hotels in the central and south eastern parts of the island have been affected. british travel companies are putting on more repatriation flights for people trying to leave the area. a short while ago the travel operator tui announced it was cancelling all outbound flights to rhodes up to and including friday. 0ur reporter, azadeh moshiri, is on rhodes and sent this update. well,
Was always expected to do well. globally it s estimated to have made around $337 million during its opening weekend. in north america, barbie made $155 million alone, which makes it the fourth highest grossing film debut ever in the north american market. it s only behind two instalments of the avengers franchise and a star wars film. oppenheimer also delivered, it made $174 million worldwide, which was much higher than it was expected to rake in. earlier, i spoke to orlando parfitt, senior online editor at screen international magazine. he said it s been an exceptional weekend. in the uk, the uk box office had its biggest weekend in over four years, so the biggest weekend since cinemas were shut for covid. another good stat, i guess, is that never in the history of hollywood have two films opened with one making more than 100 million, and one making more than 50 million. so what is interesting about this,
Twitter s blue bird is dumped, as elon musk changes the platform s logo to x. we ll be gauging the reaction. and blockbusterfilm barbie becomes north america s biggest film of the year on its opening weekend. time for a look at the business news now with ben. you re looking at two of those headline stories. you re looking at two of those headline stories. ~ . , ., , headline stories. when was the last time ou headline stories. when was the last time you went headline stories. when was the last time you went to headline stories. when was the last time you went to the headline stories. when was the last time you went to the cinema, - time you went to the cinema, matthew? 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
Prompt tens of thousands of residents and tourists to flee the flames. twitter s blue bird is dumped, as elon musk changes the platform s logo to x. we ll be gauging the reaction. and blockbusterfilm barbie becomes north america s biggest film of the year on its opening weekend. time for a look at the business news now with ben. you re looking at two of those headline stories. you re looking at two of those headline stories. ~ ., , ., , headline stories. when was the last time ou headline stories. when was the last time you went headline stories. when was the last time you went to headline stories. when was the last time you went to the headline stories. when was the last time you went to the cinema, - time you went to the cinema, matthew? let s start with two movies which have got the world s attention at the box office this past weekend. barbie and 0ppenheimer delivered the strongest opening weekend at the box office this year as fans rushed to experience the barbenheimer phen