The duelling cinema debuts of Barbie and Oppenheimer – an event that’s taken on the moniker ”Barbenheimer” – led the Australian box office to its biggest Saturday and Sunday takings yet recorded.
Director Greta Gerwig’s pop culture blockbuster and Christopher Nolan’s moody World War II epic were released in Australia on Thursday, and many sessions for both films were sold out at flagship cinemas across the country over the weekend.
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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com
