Barbie Crosses $1 Billion at the Global Box Office

Barbie continues to carry out extraordinarily nicely at the worldwide field workplace, with the movie formally crossing over $1 billion over the weekend en path to make historical past.

Barbie makes historical past by becoming a member of the billion-dollar membership

Thanks to the newest entries from each the North American and worldwide field places of work (through Variety), Barbie has crossed into the billion-dollar membership. With the achievement, Barbie turns into the second movie of 2023 to cross over the milestone (The Super Mario Bros. Movie reached $1.3 billion) and in addition makes Greta Gerwig the first-ever solo feminine filmmaker to have a movie surpass $1 billion.

Previously, Frozen ($1.3 billion, Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck), Frozen 2 ($1.45 billion, Lee and Buck), and Captain Marvel ($1.3 billion, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck) reached the milestone. However, all three movies have been co-directed by a female and male duo.

Alongside the large milestones, Barbie continues to make historical past for Warner Bros. Discovery. Taking solely 17 days to achieve $1 billion, the movie is now the quickest Warner Bros. Discovery launch to make it into the $1 billion membership, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which reached it in 19 days.

“It’s a good club to be in,” Jeff Goldstein, the studio’s president of home distribution, stated of the movie becoming a member of movies like The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World Dominion, and Avatar: The Way of Water as different movies to make $1 billion throughout a Sunday morning cellphone name.

Who is in Barbie?

Margot Robbie stars as Barbie, who leaves Barbieland in favor of the “real world” after a disaster of religion leads her to query her existence. Joining Barbie on the journey is Ryan Gosling’s Ken, Barbie’s boyfriend.

“After being expelled from Barbieland for being a less-than-perfect doll, Barbie sets off to the real world to find true happiness,” the official synopsis reads.