It’s one thing to make a million dollars, it’s another thing to make a billion. Sunday, August 6 Barbie From Greta Gergwig officially passed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. This is a real record.
Barbie, interpreted Margot Robbie AND Ryan Goslingbecame the biggest blockbuster of the summer last Wednesday, surpassing the film Chris Pratt guardians of the galaxy Volume 3, with a global gross of $845 million; The Gerwig film entered the weekend with $880 million. And before he even crossed the billion dollar mark in his pink shoes, Barbie already made Greta Gerwig the highest-grossing female director of all time, surpassing amazing woman (2017) author Patty Jenkinswhich earned $822.8 million worldwide.
Ticket sales for Barbie were, of course, boosted by the Barbenheimer craze as moviegoers flocked to theaters for double the fun. Barbie and from Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan on the invention of the atomic bomb. Madness meant that Barbie earned $356 million in its opening weekend, the biggest achievement ever for a female director.
Robbie, for her part, was sure that Barbie will make a billion dollars long before it becomes the hit of the summer. Robbie, who also serves as an executive producer on the film through her production company LuckyChap, had to do her part to help the producers save Barbie from more than a decade of development hell. In an interview with CollidersRobbie said that during his presentation, he highlighted the success of films such as Jurassic Parkwhich combined “a great idea and a visionary director” such as dinosaurs and Steven Spielberg . “And I think I told them it was going to make a billion dollars, and maybe I exaggerated, but we had to make a movie, okay?”
It turned out he didn’t say much. With all this money, Ken looks like he can quit his job on the beach.