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The Barbie-Oppenheimer Double Feature Is Really Happening, Data Shows
Nothing says a perfect five hours of cinema like a drama about the creation of the nuclear bomb and a brightly-colored comedy about the world’s most famous doll.
Margot Robbie as Barbie and Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Source (from left): Warner Bros.; Universal Pictures
Barbenheimer isn’t just a meme. There’s plenty of evidence that people around the globe are making plans to see two of the most-anticipated movies of the summer—which happen to be stark contrasts of each other—on the same day.
UK cinema chain Vue says that as of Tuesday, 19% of people who booked tickets to see Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer also bought tickets for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.