‘Barbenheimer’ Raises the August Box Office in the United Kingdom to $132 Million


Even though it’s August, the Barbenheimer Gala is bringing in a lot of money at the U.K. box office.

According to statistics from Comscore, the popularity of Barbie and Oppenheimer helped the box office in the U.K. and Ireland earn £104.8 million ($132 million) in August.

Even though this is less than the peak of £160,7 million in July, it is still 67% more than the £62.9 million in August 2022. At this point in the year, 2023 is 10% ahead of 2022. This is a big change from early July, when the gap was only -9%.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie stayed at the top of the box office for a second straight month with £31.3 million. It was number one every weekend in August and has made £90.9 million so far.

It is the seventh-biggest movie of all time, 3% behind Avatar (£94 million) and 2% ahead of Avengers: Endgame (£88.7 million).

It has also made more money than Mamma Mia! (£68.9 million) and is now the highest-grossing comedy in the region of all time. With a domestic gross of €9.4 million, Barbie has passed Titanic’s domestic gross of €9.2 million ($9.9 million) to become the highest-grossing movie in Ireland.

Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan stayed at No. 2 for a second month in a row. After The Dark Knight Rises (£56.4 million) and Dunkirk (£56.7 million), the movie has now made a total of £54.4 million, making it the director’s third-best-performing work of all time.

It is now the third highest grossing movie for 2023, 48% behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie (£54.7 million) and just ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (£36.7 million). Since they started showing on July 21, Barbenheimer has 65% of all the money made at the box office.