🍿 15 Years Before Barbenheimer, Two Movies Battled For the “Soul of America”

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15 Years Before Barbenheimer, Two Movies Battled For the “Soul of America”

Every so often, a legendary matchup comes along that is destined to etch itself into the history books. Muhamed Ali vs. Joe Frazier in 1971. Roddy Piper vs. Keith David in They Live. Godzilla vs. King Kong (both in 1962 and 2021). It seems this summer is destined to add another faceoff to this list… in the form of Barbie vs. Oppenheimer.

Directors Greta Gerwig (Little Women) and Christopher Nolan (Inception) are about to square off at the box office, with Warner Bros. and Universal respectively opting for a head-to-head battle in the heat of the summer moviegoing season. The showdown has taken on a life of its own, spawning countless memes, discussions, and prognosticating as to which film will come out on top (or delivering the formula for a perfect double feature). But the big question is: can there be room for both? A box office battle from the past involving Nolan and both of these storied movie studios may provide the answer.

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