Warner Bros’ “Barbie” confirmed no indicators of slowing down in its second weekend on the field workplace, and was set to haul in $93 million in ticket gross sales Friday via Sunday, in accordance with estimates from media analytics agency Comscore.

Director Greta Gerwig’s tackle “Barbie” – the 12 months’s No. 1 film, and the highest-grossing opening weekend for a movie directed by a girl – has made greater than $351 million within the U.S. and Canada since opening on July 21, and practically $775 million globally, Comscore reported. The movie, which stars Margot Robbie within the titular function, and Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s iconic beau, Ken, sends Mattel Inc’s iconic doll on an journey into the actual world.

The toy maker final week posted a shock second-quarter revenue within the wake of the film’s launch, with CEO Ynon Kreiz telling analysts the corporate would develop its “Barbie”-related toys and merchandise within the second half of 2023. On Barbie’s heels this weekend was “Oppenheimer,” director Christopher Nolan’s historic story of the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the making of the atomic bomb, which made an estimated $46.2 million Friday via Sunday in what Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian referred to as a “phenomenal second weekend.”

The two movies collectively have been dubbed “Barbenheimer,” a nod to the relative rarity of two blockbusters opening the identical weekend. Their mixed gross sales are “absolutely mind blowing,” Dergarabedian mentioned, with second-weekend numbers that “would have been hailed as opening weekend wins.” Universal’s Oppenheimer has made $174 million within the U.S. and Canada to this point, and $400 million worldwide.

The movies have seized American moviegoers’ consideration at an unsure time for Hollywood. The Writers’ Guild of America, a labor union representing writers, has been on strike over pay since May, whereas SAG-AFTRA – the union for artists and actors, together with A-list stars like Robbie – went on strike earlier this month.

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