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Even Barbie has bowed to Beijing

By Tiana Lowe Doescher

Published July 7, 2023 5:18am ET

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Even Barbie has bowed to Beijing — Nearly 14 years after Universal Pictures announced that it would bring a live-action Barbie to the big screen, the eponymous film starring the world’s bestselling doll is going head-to-head with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which debuts the same weekend. Both films had a budget of $100 million, and both are battling to make close to as […]

Nearly 14 years after Universal Pictures announced that it would bring a live-action Barbie to the big screen, the eponymous film starring the world’s bestselling doll is going head-to-head with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which debuts the same weekend.

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