Despite the 'Barbenheimer' memes backlash, tickets to the Hollywood blockbuster sell fast in Japan.
in global box office since its July 21 debut, making writer and director Greta Gerwig the first female filmmaker to surpass that benchmark as a solo director. The success of the fantasy-comedy was further boosted by the coupling with, the biopic chronicling the creation of the atomic bomb during World War Two that opened on the same weekend.as the nation earlier this month marked the memorials of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 78 years ago.
A #NoBarbenheimer hashtag trended in Japan at the time, prompting Warner’s Japan division to issue a rare public criticism of its US parent company, which then followed with an apology last week. Mitsuki Takahata, who voiced Barbie in the dubbed Japanese version, said in an August 2 Instagram post that she was dismayed upon learning of the memes. “This incident is really, really disappointing,” she posted.
Still, Japanese fans of the movie, which sends Mattel Inc’s iconic doll into real life, said the controversy did not discourage them from visiting theaters. “It was harsh”, said 24-year-old university student Rie Takeda, commenting on the fan-produced #Barbenheimer memes.No Japan release date has been announced for, which has been criticized for largely ignoring the atomic bomb’s destruction of two major Japanese cities in 1945, accounting for more than 200,000 deaths.
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