Box Office Collection Day 1: In Oppenheimer vs Barbie, There's A Clear Winner
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Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer clashed at the box office
About this week's big box office clash - Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer hit the screens on Friday and both the Hollywood films managed to perform well at the Indian box office. According to a Box Office India report, Oppeneheimer earned a whopping Rs 13.50 crore net on the opening day, leaving behind the opening day collections of films like Fast X and Mission Impossible (both had garnered around12 crore net). "Oppeneheimer set the box office on fire with collections of 13.50 crore net," read an excerpt from the report.
Meanwhile, Barbie's opening day collection in India was nowhere close to that of Oppeneheimer. However, it was largely adept at earning Rs 4.25-4.50 crore net on day one.
Deconstructing the box office report of Oppenheimer, Box Office India mentioned that the Hindi version of the film accounted for 10% of the collections. "The film scored big numbers across all the major centres across the country with the bigger metros leading the way. There is a big contribution from the South which is a huge plus for English films as compared to Hindi films. Mumbai city which now struggles for Hindi films was also outstanding for Oppenheimer," read an excerpt from Box Office India's report.
