When Warner Bros released Barbie on the same day Universal released Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, conventional box-office logic predicted mutual destruction. Instead, the clash became 'Barbenheimer' — a viral phenomenon where audiences planned to see both back-to-back, with AMC selling 25,000 double-feature tickets. Opposing products don't always cannibalize each other; sometimes contrast creates a cultural moment bigger than either could generate alone.
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