Barbie box office day 5 collection: Film is doing well, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer does much better in India

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig's Barbie are competing at the Indian box office. 

While Barbie is outperforming Oppenheimer worldwide, the latter is doing better at the Indian box office, as per the latest figures by sources. 

Both films released on Friday, and have broken several box office records worldwide ever since. 

On Tuesday, Oppenheimer once again outperformed Barbie, earning more than its double in India.

On day five of its release, Barbie earned ₹2.30 crore nett in India as per early estimates reported by Sacnilk.com.

The Margot Robbie-starrer had made around ₹2.5 crore nett on day 4. As per the report, Barbie had opened at ₹5 crore nett in India, and showed growth on Saturday with a collection of ₹6.5 crore.

It further rose to ₹7.15 crore on Sunday, but collected less than half of it, ₹2.5 crore, on Monday. The film's total now stands at an estimated ₹23.45 crore nett.

In comparison, worldwide, the film broke yet another box office record this week. Barbie grossed $26.2 million in North America on day 4, as per a recent Variety report, the biggest Monday ever for Warner Bros., beating Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight’s 15-year record.

Oppenheimer had performed well on its first four days at the box office and earned ₹55.75 crore nett in India. As per sources, Oppenheimer earned ₹6.25 crore nett (early estimates) in India on its fifth day in all languages.

Oppenheimer had earned more on day 4 – ₹7 crore nett in India in all languages.

The film's total box office collection in India in five days now stands at about ₹62 crore nett.

Since its release on July 21, Barbie broke several box office records, including the largest opening of 2023. Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer had the biggest global opening for a biopic. Barbenheimer – Barbie and Oppenheimer together – grossed more than $511 million worldwide and $235.5 million in the US over the first weekend, as per latest figures.