New movies Barbie and Oppenheimer top the weekend box office

Barbie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling debuted in the top spot at the box office this weekend, pulling in an amazing $155 million, making it the biggest opening weekend for a female-directed film. Barbie is also expected to remain the largest opening weekend for a summer movie this year.

Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy and directed by Christopher Nolan, debuted in second place, taking in $80.5 million.

Sound of Freedom starring Jim Caviezel dropped just one place to land in third with additional earnings of $20.1 million for a total of $124.7 million.

Last weekend’s top movie, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One starring Tom Cruise, dropped three spots to fourth this weekend. It made an extra $19.5 million for a total of $118.8 million. Click here to read our review.

Rounding out the top five was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny starring Harrison Ford. It earned an additional $6.7 million for a three-week total of $159 million. ~Alexandra Heilbron