In an sudden merging of worlds, Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy has stated, if there’s a Barbie sequel, he’d prefer to play Ken.
The two movies — collectively dubbed Barbenheimer — debuted to the fourth largest opening weekend in cinematic historical past once they premiered on the identical day final week.
Barbie shattered its rival, incomes $356 million (A$526 million) worldwide from a 65 per cent feminine viewers on its opening weekend. Oppenheimer, in the meantime, earned $180 million (A$266 million).
Greta Gerwig’s price range was reportedly as much as A$215 million, that means Barbie has made its a refund in only a few days.
Despite their wildly totally different themes — Barbie is about an iconic doll, whereas Oppenheimer is in regards to the group behind the primary atomic bomb — the 2 motion pictures have proved surprisingly unifying. Together, they’ve been credited with “saving cinema” after the transfer in direction of streaming decimated audiences’ appetites for a conventional blockbuster.
As a crimson carpet occasion this week, Murphy, who performs the titular J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s movie, hinted a literal Barbenheimer sequel could possibly be within the works.
Asked by a reporter whether or not he would play Ken in a possible sequel to Gerwig’s scorching pink flick, Murphy didn’t miss a beat.
“Sure! Let’s read a script,” he informed Latin American movie publication Cinéfilos. “Let’s have a conversation.”
Murphy stated he was tremendous excited to see Barbie, which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken.
“I can’t wait to see the movie. I think it’s great for cinema, you know, you’ve got all these great movies happening this summer,” he added.
The lack of viewers competitors between the 2 movies has baffled movie critics, who say they’ve by no means seen something prefer it.
“This is an unequivocally great weekend for moviegoing,” stated David A. Gross, who runs the film consulting agency Franchise Entertainment Research, as per Variety.
“Barbie and Oppenheimer are complementing each other at the box office, not taking audience from each other.”
Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore, informed CNN that the movies’ opening weekend was “unprecedented”, with each flicks benefiting from their rivalry.
“I can’t really think of any parallels ever. Where both movies became bigger because of each other,” he puzzled.
Source: www.news.com.au
