That’s a huge deal, especially when you consider that - before “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” - the domestic box office was lagging 16.1% and 6.6% behind the year-to-date earnings of 20, respectively, according to Comscore. And unlike the aforementioned record-setters, neither “Barbie” nor “Oppenheimer” is a superhero movie, sequel or reboot - signaling a triumph for (relatively) original storytelling in an industry increasingly dependent on preexisting franchises. This is the first time two competing movies have opened to more than $100 million and $80 million in the same frame. Historically, the highest-grossing weekends have been primarily fueled by one major franchise installment dominating the market (“Avengers: Endgame” in 2019, “Avengers: Infinity War” in 2018, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in 2015). Perhaps even more important is how those records were set. And, then, of course, there are just classic quotes that cannot be forgotten: "There's no place like home," "May the force be with you," "Here's looking at you, kid," and more modern ones like, ahem, "Bye, Felicia." (We had to throw that one in somewhere.) The question is: How many popular movie quotes can you remember? Test your success in this quiz, from "Scarface" to "The Wizard of Oz" and everything in between.The combined returns of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” helped make this the highest-grossing weekend since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, according to measurement firm Comscore, and the fourth-highest grossing weekend ever at the domestic box office ($302 million, per Sunday estimates). Others agree that it has more to do with some part of the movie we can personally identify with, making the moment - and thus, the quote - more memorable. Some psychologists think it has to do with how our brains process what we're hearing when we see what we're watching while viewing these movies. But, long after our favorites are over, we find ourselves returning to quotes from these movies - using them in conversation, reciting them at parties, posting them on social media and just generally remembering them as a classic element of a silver screen classic. We watch movies for entertainment, of course, and sometimes for enlightenment or education, but mostly for entertainment.
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