A recent visit to my local multiplex as various family members took in Barbenheimer underlined the impact which this summer’s big releases have had.

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As much as the “Barbenheimer” fanfare has been driven by internet fascination, it’s in many ways an old-school movie weekend.

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“Barbenheimer ” didn’t just work – it spun box office gold.

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But it’s still good fun (Ryan Gosling a particular highlight) and I was happy to have experienced Barbenheimer and lived to tell the tale (thanks to my self-inflicted dehydration meant I did so without a single toilet break).

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“Haunted Mansion,” released this past summer during the height of Barbenheimer, adapts the popular Disney theme park attraction that first opened in 1969, but updates it in fun ways.

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Many movie-goers are planning on undertaking the Barbenheimer double-bill and also squeezing Christopher Nolan’s epic into their cinema trip, and running from one screening to the other.

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The Barbenheimer event smashed multiple records with Barbie nabbing the best opening weekend of 2023 as well as the best opening for a non-superhero, non-sequel, non-remake title and Oppenheimer nabbing Nolan’s best opening for a non-Batman movie.

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The "Barbenheimer" phenomenon, where the contrasting styles of unexpectedly complemented each other, revitalized the summer box office and surpassed expectations.

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The craze of 'Barbenheimer' undeniably revitalized movie theaters, but other major blockbusters like Super Mario Bros. MovieSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Versedominated theaters this year.

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The other half of Barbenheimer also continues to perform remarkably well for a movie so far into its run.

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This is incredibly surprising, and one can conclude the Barbenheimer trend is having a massive impact on the film’s success.

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With the added dead weight of "Part One" in the title, screaming (however inaccurately) "this is only half a movie" at audiences, it's fair to say that Barbenheimer isn't solely to blame for Ethan Hunt's misfortune.

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