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Barbenheimer: ‘Barbie’ Tracking for Beatific $70M- $80M Opening, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Targets $40M (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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The buzz around this is crazy. 80M is lowballing imo.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nolan’s films have always been a bit niche(Batman excepted). Regular people don’t go to the movies to feel conflicted or depressed. Barbie seems to be more targeted towards a general audience, it’s more positive(at least on the surface), features actors and IP people recognize, and seems to have tapped into the zeitgeist. Regardless, 40M opening weekend is still pretty good. So don’t think of it as a competition, think of it as two auteur films succeeding, which is awesome for all fans of theaters!

[–] Korne127 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nolan’s films have always been a bit niche

What? I genuinely really can't relate. I mean, for me personally Nolan is what cinema is supposed to be like, it's epicness, the grandness, etc. But he's highly successful, just look at Inception, Interstellar, Batman, and also Dunkirk and Memento to a lesser degree. Like I would say he's one of the most mainstream / successful movie people.