Top 5: The Best Summer Blockbusters of ’23

Top 5: The Best Summer Blockbusters of ’23

Now that we are into September, we have officially passed the end of the summer movie season. From here on out–for the most part–the movies get more serious and arty as the studios and indie distributors unleash their prestige movies for end-of-the-year critic lists and award consideration. And this the start of my favorite part of the movie year. You know me, serious and arty. But before we plunge into the Oscar bait, let’s take a look back at a darn good summer movie season as we look at my Top 5 Summer Blockbusters of 2023.

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Barbenheimer, Part Two: Second Thoughts and the Life of “Oppenheimer”

Barbenheimer, Part Two: Second Thoughts and the Life of “Oppenheimer”

As expected, Barbie won the box office battle between these two juggernauts. It helps that Barbie is an hour shorter and is, well, Barbie. But Oppenheimer, who I now think of as Barbie’s more serious older brother, is doing just fine, raking in over a quarter of a billion dollars in the U.S. and $649M worldwide. Critically, Oppenheimer has been a little better than Barbie, with Rotten Tomatoes showing that 94% of its reviews are positive. So Christopher Nolan and Universal have done pretty great with making a summer blockbuster out of a three-hour movie that’s mostly just men sitting in rooms talking about science.

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