Barbie is about to throw another super fun dance party to celebrate becoming a billion dollar film.
The Greta Gerwig-directed film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has passed the billion dollar mark at the global box office this past weekend. In its third week of release, Barbie reached $460.4 million in North America and surpassed $1 billion worldwide.
With this, Greta Gerwig becomes the first female filmmaker to direct a $1 billion grossing film without a male co-director, while Barbie is now the highest-grossing live-action film domestically from a woman, surpassing Captain Marvel and fellow Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman.
As the weekend wraps, Barbie holds the top spot at the box office, but there’s a battle for second place that heated up with some strong contenders. The industry had Oppenheimer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Meg 2: The Trench battling it out, each projected to earn just under $30 million.
SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ ★ Barbie review here
As summer heats up, let’s see just how nice of legs Barbie has and if she can also hold the top spot for August. The film will next face off against The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Blue Beetle the following week.
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).
Originally published August 6, 2023. Updated August 7, 2023.
