Classic Photos of Barbie and J. Robert Oppenheimer Throughout The Years

PHOENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 16: An employee adds letters for upcoming film releases "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" to a marquee at the Colonial Theater on July 16, 2023 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The Christophe... PHOENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 16: An employee adds letters for upcoming film releases "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" to a marquee at the Colonial Theater on July 16, 2023 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The Christopher Nolan directed biopic on theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer and the Greta Gerwig directed live-action film on doll Barbie are both set to be released in theaters nationwide this Friday. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images) MORE LESS

It’s Barbenheimer weekend.

If you haven’t heard, the two most diametrically opposed blockbusters imaginable open this weekend, Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” To mark the occasion, here’s a photo gallery that takes us back in time to the origins of both American “icons.”

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