Whatever the case, the opinions of the creators behind the mushroom cloud-sized phenomenon that isBARBENHEIMERare moot.
If you got five hours to kill, I can personally attesttheres never been a double feature like this.
Were of course talking about the joyous double bill that isThe Dark KnightandMamma Mia!
(Which henceforth shall be known asThe Dark Mamma!)
Just the year prior, the also Meryl Streep-ledThe Devil Wears Pradaopened on the same weekend asSuperman Returns.
Yet the storied legacy ofThe Dark Mamma!would be something else altogether grander.
Just a few years earlier at the beginning of the decade,Moulin Rouge!
Did it matter if half of them couldnt actually sing the songs they were assigned?
Well, to critics, yes.Absolutely.
However, the damndest thing about it was… the movie wasnt made forthem.
Thats $851.5 million in 2023 dollars, more than the grosses ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3,Fast X, orThe Flash.
Consider that Universal waited 10 years to make a celebratory sequel inMamma Mia!
There is a lesson in these 2008 films mutually assured dance party.
And we guarantee with numbers like that, there was plenty of audience overlap.
when Meryl asked the audience during the end credits ofMamma Mia!, Do you want another one?!
This was of course roughly the plan back in 08.
TheBarbenheimerphenomenon shows that excitement for variety and different flavors of the rainbow persists.
And whats great is that this describes bothOppenheimerandBarbie.
So get out your dark slacks and pink tops, because, mamma mia, here we go again!
