It appears the Barbie has the legs and Oppenheimer‘s blast radius is spreading at the box-office, because Barbenheimer posted huge numbers during their second weekends of release.Greta Gerwig’s existential ensemble comedy once again took the top spot with a whopping take of $93 million between Friday and Sunday. Takings for Barbie dipped a meagre 43% […]
Let’s Go Party! Barbie dances to a record-breaking $155 million opening weekend
It looks like everyone was seeing pink this weekend. Barbie just strutted to one of the biggest opening weekends ever, with a reported wildly impressive $155 million.That puts the Warner Bros. Discovery and Mattell production as the biggest opening of 2023 so far, topping The Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s $146,361,865 opening weekend.Reports put the Greta […]
Barbie & Oppenheimer are already breaking box office records
This morning it was wonderful to sit in a 10.20am showing of Christopher Nolan’s three-hour biopic Oppenheimer with barely a seat left in the auditorium, and equally joyous to walk through a foyer filled with excited fans of all ages decked in pink, queuing for Great Gerwig’s Barbie. It’s a scene being reflected at the […]
Movie Review – Barbie (2023)
Barbie, 2023.Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Hari Nef, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, Connor Swindells, Michael Cera, Helen Mirren, Simu Liu, Sharon Rooney, Dua Lipa, John Cena, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, Jamie Demetriou, Ncuti Gatwa, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Ana […]
Ryan Gosling gets his own musical number in ‘Just Ken’ Barbie trailer
With Greta Gerwig’s Barbie finally set to be unboxed in just under two weeks time, Warner Bros. has released a brand new trailer which puts the spotlight on Ryan Gosling’s forlorn figure of Ken.The trailer gives the La La Land star the opportunity to flex those vocal chords once again as he sings about his […]
Greta Gerwig to write and direct at least two Chronicles of Narnia films for Netflix
Once Greta Gerwig has put the toys away following the kid-at-Christmas excitement for her latest directorial effort Barbie, the Oscar-nominated Little Women helmer will once again pick up a book to write-and-direct at least two films based on C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia for Netflix. According to an article in The New Yorker, in […]
Barbie looking to land $70M-$80M domestic opening weekend
Greta Gerwig is looking at her biggest opening weekend ever as Barbie box office tracking has begun to take shape. Per The Hollywood Reporter, industry projections have put Barbie in a wide range for the opening, but around $80 million is where many are landing. Others have it closer to $60 million, while others have […]
Amy Schumer dishes on why she dropped out of Barbie
As the release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie starring Margot Robbie nears, we’re getting a look back at what the project almost was. Not too long ago, Amy Schumer was once set to play the titular doll, but that has since changed, as we all know. But why did that project not pan out? Schumer recently […]
Ryan Gosling is very passionate about playing Barbie’s Ken: “This is why his story must be told”
If you’ve followed the marketing for Barbie, you know Ken is playing quite the featured role in the film. Taking on the role of our lead Ken is Ryan Gosling, the actor best known for his work in The Notebook, Drive, and La La Land. Now he’ll tackle one of pop culture’s most iconic dolls…sidekick…and he […]
Margot Robbie’s Barbie goes to jail in new official trailer
Between Suicide Squad and now Barbie, you can’t keep Margot Robbie’s movie characters out of jail.But this time, our blonde bombshell was wrongly imprisoned alongside her beau Ken after a stranger assaulted Barbie. It seems like that happens when Barbie enters the real world, and we get our first glimpse at what this Greta Gerwig […]
