The movie exhibition trade has taken a beating over the previous few years as a result of pandemic.

However the practically billion-dollar windfall of the Barpenheimer phenomenon—two blockbuster must-see movies— Barbie And Oppenheimer It was launched on the similar time — an enormous win for the trade, in keeping with famed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, who shared his ideas on his Instagram Tales.

“I nonetheless need to see[Barbie and Oppenheimer]however the truth that folks fill the massive theaters to see them and so they’re not sequels or prequels, and there isn’t any quantity hooked up to them, which suggests they’re actual one-offs, is a triumph of cinema,” Coppola stated.

In one other submit, Coppola went even additional. “My hunch is that we’re about to enter a golden age. Good, luminous cinema seen in huge theatres.”

The Barpenheimer prepare continues this weekend.