Barbie box office day 1 collection: Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling's film has a good start, earns ₹5 crore

Barbie had a good start at the box office in India though not at par with the hype around the film. Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie minted ₹5 crore on day one of its release. 

The film clashed with Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer at the box office which earned ₹13.50 crore nett. 

Barbie stars Margot Robbie in the lead role. The film also features Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Alexandra Shipp, Simu Liu, Dua Lipa, Scott Evans and Will Ferrell.

As per Sacnilk.com, Barbie earned ₹5 crore nett in India on its first day as per early estimates. Barbie in its advance booking had sold 16,000 tickets across the three multiple chains, PVR, INOX and Cinepolis, for the opening day itself.

As per a report in The Independent, Barbie is estimated to earn $110 million at the US box office during opening weekend, while Oppenheimer is likely to mint $50m.

Warner Bros announced Friday, as per the report, that Barbie had earned $22.3m in box office previews, the highest figure of any film this year.

Oppenheimer, as stated by Universal, collected $10.5m in preview earnings.