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the TCL Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, some movie-goers
were fully getting into the global "Barbenheimer" craze, with
plans to see both films on the same day.
"I bought my tickets months ago as soon as they were available,"
25-year-old Joey Litvak said as he walked to an "Oppenheimer"
screening on Thursday.
"I'm seeing Barbie... right after. Barbenheimer."
Both films open on Friday, a simultaneous release dubbed "Barbenheimer",
but could not be more different.
"Barbie" stars Margot Robbie as the Mattel doll, who is living
her idyllic life in Barbie World until one day, she starts
having dark thoughts and flat feet.
"Oppenheimer", from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan, stars
Cillian Murphy as U.S. physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who
oversaw the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II
Film fan Christian Cage, 45, said he planned to see both films
before heading to work later at night.
"I'm going to be exhausted but it's a really hot day here in LA
so there's no better place to be than a nice air conditioned
room watching movies all day," he said.
Many of the fans coming to see "Barbie" dressed up in pink and
posed for pictures in a makeshift Barbie toy box.
"I love it, it's like the only toy I used to play when I was a
girl," Claudia Ripper, 39, who came to see "Barbie" with her
daughter, said.
"I used to dress them and do their hair... Barbie was my thing.
So obviously now I have a daughter, I want to see it with her...
I love Barbie."
"Barbie" is expected to rake in more than $100 million in U.S.
theaters in its first weekend, while "Oppenheimer" is projected
to bring in $50 million.
(Reporting by Omar Younis; editing by Miral Fahmy)
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