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
and then, of course, there s the fun of it all as well. a growing number of wealthy people are booking tickets just to have a view of the planet from above. it all means that the space economy is really taking off. the space economy is worth about $340 billion, but by 2040, that ll grow to $1 trillion although a lot of this is because of things like new satellite based data services. and then there s been a big jump in satellites in orbit. the european space agency says that more than 15,000 satellites have been launched since russia got the ball rolling back in 1957. just over half are still functioning. in the last decade, there s been a big jump in the numbers being added. but over the last four years, that s mainly been thanks to just two companies 0neweb and elon musk s starlink. none of them would be able to get there, of course, without the rockets that companies like rocket lab and spacex are developing. rivals such asjeff bezos s blue origin and richard branson s
being detained at gatherings across the country, including in st. petersburg. that s where we find cnn chief global affairs correspondent matthew chance. matthew, any signs of these arrests that you ve picked up on? no, it s very late where you are right now it s very cold at of course, the death of alexey navalny has had a chilling effect on the willingness of people in this city and others across the country to come. out. and i m protests, but nevertheless, there have been thousands of people across russia that have violated the laws essentially in this country to pay their respects and to give off or their sympathies after the death of alexey navalny. in this city alone more than half of the 400 people who have been arrested so far, rather detained so far would detain here. so it just gives you a sense of how many people in some petersburg are behind alexey navalny. it s a very relatively liberal city within the context but there have been vigils flowers being laid i
the government says it has sent boats to evacuate residents by sea, if required. the greek emergency services are dealing with several fires including two in areas east and south west of the capital, athens. and as well the blaze on corfu, the eastern island of rhodes has also been badly hit. 0ne fire brigade official there says around one in ten of the hotels in the central and south eastern parts of the island have been affected. this satellite image gives an idea of where the worst fires have been burning. you can see how the flames and smoke shown in red have made their way to a popular part of the coastline. and this is what those flames look like from the ground. firefighters have been working to set up firebreaks clearing a strip of ground of things which can burn, to stop the flames spreading in an attempt to shield dense forests and more residential areas. where the flames have taken a grip, this is what s left. burned out buildings and a landscape covered
england australia have won the ashes against england following a draw. now on bbc news: talking business. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. the billion dollar blast off as more and more rockets and satellites head into orbit, the question is, just how big can the space economy become? from elon musk s spacex tojeff bezos s blue origin, private companies are getting a bigger slice of the high sky pie, but can they really land a profit in outer space? well, i m going to find out from these two there they are. one leading investor tells me how he s trying to get out of this world returns from orbiting the earth. also, from dishwashers by day to explosives at night the big boss of rocket lab tells me how he got his company flying. also on the show, i m going to catch up with the big boss of nasa. yeah, the former astronaut tells me how important private companies will be as the us and