Atomic bomb vs doll: Nolan's "Oppenheimer" will compete with "Barbie" at the box office

At the Cannes Film Festival, director Thierry Fremaux was interviewed by Variety. In the interview, he expressed his hope to screen Gerta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer at the festival, but neither film was ready. He also mentioned that Nolan's film will be released at the end of this year, which sparked discussions about the film's possible delay.

However, according to Lindsey Bahr of AP News, this is not the case. Nolan's upcoming biopic about the atomic bomb engineer has not been delayed and will still compete with "Barbie" in terms of box office and schedule. Currently, Universal Pictures, the distributor of the film, has not yet made an official response to this.

Both Oppenheimer and Barbie are expected to hit U.S. theaters on July 21 this year. Although there is plenty of time to move the release date, there has been no change in the release schedule so far. Although the two films may target different audiences, considering that they are both highly anticipated films, theater scheduling and other factors, the two films will inevitably affect each other.

The full trailer for Barbie was released earlier this month. Oppenheimer only released a full trailer last December, but no final trailer or new footage has been released recently.