CPXGF - 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' give jolt to summer box office

2023-07-24 04:58:14 ET

"Barbenheimer" weekend was great for the box office, with two blockbuster films that resulted in the strongest weekend of 2023 for theaters in North America.

It also led to the fourth-biggest weekend ever in the U.S., according to Comscore, as well as the only weekend in the top 10 of all-time that didn't include a movie from Jurassic Park , Marvel or Star Wars franchises.

Warner Bros. Pictures' ( NASDAQ: WBD ) Barbie grossed $155M in the U.S. and Canada, while Universal Pictures' ( NASDAQ: CMCSA ) Oppenheimer brought in $80.5M domestically between Friday and Sunday.

It's also a big cause of celebration for Hollywood, which is experiencing a double strike by both actors and writers, as well as theater stocks like AMC ( NYSE: AMC ), Cinemark ( NYSE: CNK ), Cineplex ( OTCPK:CPXGF ) and IMAX ( IMAX ).

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