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Oppenheimer and Barbie give Vue cinemas best UK weekend since Covid

Chain says a fifth of customers saw both films in a double bill that social media named Barbenheimer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

Barbie And Oppenheimer Arrive As A Brilliant Bombshell At The Weekend Box Office, Setting New Records For 2023

The Barbenheimer phenomenon is very, very real, as both Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer had spectacular opening weekends at the box office.

Cinemablend · Jul 23, 2023

How feminists are catching up to Barbie

Beauty standards aside, the doll has been a wildly progressive lifestyle mentor ever since she won us over in 1959

Salon · Jul 23, 2023

Barbie vs Oppenheimer: Both movies smash expectations as box office frontrunner emerges

‘Barbie’ starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and ‘Oppenheimer’ starring Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh, are both out now in cinemas

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023

Barbie review – a riotous, candy-coloured feminist fable

Barbie takes a ride from her dream house to reality as Little Women writer-director Greta Gerwig takes another cultural icon and lovingly subverts it

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

I'm Obsessed With Barbie's Ending, And The Way Greta Gerwig Came Up With The Final Scene Makes It Even Better

Barbie has a fantastic ending, and I'm obsessed with it. The way Greta Gerwig came up with the final scene makes it even better.

Cinemablend · Jul 22, 2023

Decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up

It had become a running joke with my friends that I'd always dress as a blond-haired white woman for Halloween

Salon · Jul 22, 2023

Barbie v Oppenheimer: dolls trump nukes as blockbusters hit screens

Glasgow crowds root for Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum satire over Christopher Nolan’s atom bomb saga

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2023

America Ferrera reveals her guilty pleasure is ‘not showering for a few days’

‘I’m going to regret saying this,’ Ferrera said

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023

Barbie movie ending explained: was that the real Ruth Handler, is there a post-credit scene and will there be a sequel?

Because one movie just isn’t Kenough… here’s how Barbie ends and what we know about a possible sequel

Woman & Home · Jul 22, 2023