Sunday, July 12, 2026

Friday Box Office: “Oppenheimer” Scores Big, Blows Away Audiences, “Mission Impossible” Suffering Barbenheimer Weekend

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Last night. Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” opened big — $22.5 million added to its previews of $10.5 million for $33 million so far. For a three hour epic drama in the summer, that’s explosive. Audiences are blown away by “Oppenheimer”! Cliches are coming in fast and furious.

The cross marketing scheme of “Barbenheimer” has worked like a charm. Someone must have thought of it, and they deserve a prize.

But “Barbenheimer” is taking a toll on the new “Mission Impossible” movie. Its total is at $104 million on its second official weekend. The slow down is concerning. It’s possible once “Barbie” fever is over, audiences will go back to “Dead Reckoning.” Let’s hope so.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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