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Oppenheimer beats Barbie in Google’s top UK searches of 2023

Source: PA Wire

Oppenheimer was the number one searched for film on Google in the UK this year, the tech giant has revealed.

In second was the Barbie movie, which had the same release date as the Christopher Nolan blockbuster, leading many to dub the phenomenon Barbenheimer.

The dual offerings prompted the biggest weekend for UK cinema-going since 2019, according to the

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