A CINEMA has reported "its biggest week" following the release of two huge and diametrically opposed movies. 

Vue Rhyl enjoyed "record-breaking admits" driven by the dual successes of dual successes of Barbie and Oppenheimer.

The venue is one of 37 across the UK and Ireland that smashed attendance records in a week that also saw Vue break its nationwide record that has stood since the release of Skyfall in 2012.

Toby Bradon, General Manager of Vue UK and Ireland, said: “It has been great to see our venues buzzing for Barbenheimer all week, as we have seen huge demand across the whole country to see both films, with Barbie in particular looking set to become the biggest title of 2023 and could well enter the top ten highest grossing of all time.”

According to the UK Cinema Association, Barbie and Oppenheimer prompted the biggest weekend for UK cinema-going since 2019.

Greta Gerwig’s film about the Mattel doll, played by Margot Robbie, having an existential crisis and Christopher Nolan’s epic about the “father” of the atomic bomb, generated almost £30 million at the UK box office, the group, which represents the interests of UK cinema operators, said.

Vue said a fifth of its customers had purchased tickets to see both films in a double bill dubbed by social media as Barbenheimer.