That's a huge deal, especially when you consider that — before "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" — the domestic box office was lagging 16.1% and 6.6% behind the year-to-date earnings of 2019 and 2022, respectively, according to Comscore. Read more:Commentary: Can Tom Cruise, Oppenheimer and Barbie save the summer box office? AMC Theaters reported Friday that more than 60,000 loyalty program members had reserved tickets to watch "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" on the same day. (A self-professed Nolan fanatic, Dergarabedian opted to start with the grim "Oppenheimer" and chase it with "Barbie.") "Barbie" notched a stellar 90% fresh rating on review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, while "Oppenheimer" came in even higher at 94%.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 24, 2023 05:34 UTC