Barbie is looking to strut out of 2023 as the box office queen.
At the time of writing, Barbie has hit $1.36 billion at the global box office, allowing the fantastical comedy to overtake Universal and Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which netted $1.35 billion globally.
The Greta Gerwig-directed film already became the highest-grossing domestic release, accumulating $600 million in North America and bringing home a staggering $760 million to date at the international box office. Speaking of the domestic box office, the film has sat in either the first or second spot for the past seven weeks.
Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the film’s success came as a shock to many. While some pundits shadily said the film wouldn’t have legs, even the biggest supporters couldn’t have predicted this. However, producer and star Robbie promised Warner Bros. that she’d bring in a billion dollars with this film.
Regarding how much she nailed it, Barbie is now the 14th-biggest domestic release and 15th-biggest global release in history. Barbie has also become Warner Bros.’s highest-grossing worldwide release, surpassing 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie will look to add more money to her stylish purse as Warner Bros. is set to re-release the film in IMAX theaters for one week starting September 22, 2023. The re-release will feature “exclusive post-credit footage selected by the film’s director, Greta Gerwig.”
After its box office domination, the next stop will be an awards campaign with a potentially very pink evening at the Academy Awards.
After being expelled from the utopian Barbie Land for being a less-than-perfect doll, Barbie and Ken go on a journey of self-discovery to the real world.
Directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird, Little Women), the Barbie movie sees Robbie and Gosling’s iconic toy couple joined by a bumper cast that includes Will Ferrell (Step Brothers), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Kate McKinnon (Bombshell), America Ferrera (Superstore), Ariana Greenblatt (Love and Monsters), Emma Mackey (Sex Education), Alexandra Shipp (tick, tick… BOOM!), Issa Rae (The Lovebirds), Michael Cera (Arrested Development), Hari Nef (And Just Like That…), Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night in Miami), Rhea Perlman (Cheers), Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education), Emerald Fennell (The Crown), Sharon Rooney (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain), Scott Evans (Grace and Frankie), Ana Cruz Kayne (Little Women), Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Ritu Arya (The Umbrella Academy), Jamie Demetriou (Fleabag) and Helen Mirren (Shazam! Fury of the Gods).
Barbie is in cinemas everywhere now.
