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Study finds Indiana is more excited for Barbie movie than Oppenheimer

Film-Barbenheimer
Posted at 7:18 PM, Jul 18, 2023
and last updated 2023-07-19 01:34:05-04

INDIANAPOLIS — According to a recent study from ProjectorScreen.com, Indiana favors Greta Gerwig's Barbie to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

The study tracked geotagged twitter data over 30 days including tweets, hashtags and direct keyword phrases about the two movies that both release on July 21st.

These hashtags and phrases included things like , #BarbieMovie, "watch Barbie," "bought tickets for Barbie," "excited for Barbie," as well as #Oppenheimer, "watch Oppenheimer," "excited for Oppenheimer."

According to Projector Screen, over 600,000 tweets were tracked.

Their findings found that the Hoosier state is most excited for Barbie.

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According to the study, 38 states in the U.S. favored Barbie.

The top 10 "Barbenheimer" states are as follows:

1. Wisconsin
2. Kansas
3. New York
4. Utah
5. California
6. Maryland
7. Hawaii
8. New Mexico
9. Nevada
10. Massachusetts

The study also tracked the popular meme "Barbenheimer." This is a trend that has sparked double-feature tickets. AMCreported that over 20,000 people would be buying tickets for both movies on the same day.

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