Source: Film analyst Sumit Kandel
Christopher Nolan’s movie Oppenheimer starring Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the Atomic Bomb, has performed below expectations in terms of its earnings worldwide. Made on a budget of $100 million, the film has earned $174.2 million worldwide as of Sunday, which is lower than what was expected
Source: Film analyst Sumit Kandel
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling’s film Barbie has raked in around $155 million in North America and $182 million from other international markets. The film’s worldwide collection stands at $337 million as of Sunday
Bucking this trend is India, where movie goers are preferring to watch Christopher Nolan’s directorial Oppenheimer over Greta Gerwig’s directorial Barbie
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Source: Sacnilk
Barbie collected Rs 5 crore on its opening day, Rs 6.50 crore on its first Saturday, and around Rs 7 crore on its first Sunday, according to initial estimates. It collected around Rs 18.50 crore in its first weekend
On the other hand, Oppenheimer is estimated to have raked in around Rs 49 crore in India during its first weekend, as per trade portal Sacnilk. It earned Rs 14.5 crore on Friday and Rs 17.25 on Saturday and a similar amount on Sunday
Indians are opting to watch the action-thriller movie based on J. Robert Oppenheimer, who has been credited with making the atomic bomb used by the US to attack two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during World War II
However, a particular scene from Oppenheimer has irked a section of the Indian audience. Florence Pugh who plays Jean Tatlock, Oppenheimer’s love interest, browses Oppenheimer's bookshelf and pulls down a copy of the Hindu religious text Bhagavad Gita while having sexual intercourse
Oppenheimer takes a look at Bhagavad Gita and recites one of its verses, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” Bhagavad Gita is a 700-verse Hindu scripture, which is a part of the epic Mahabharata
In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna counselled one of the Pandavas, Arjun about his duties as a warrior while the latter was in a dilemma over fighting against his own brothers, Kauravas. As it is a religious scripture, its depiction during an intimate scene has been deemed offensive by a section of Indians
Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur has asked the Bhagavad Gita scene to be removed from Oppenheimer. As per reports, action might be initiated against those responsible for this