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Barbie has become the highest-grossing movie in Warner Bros. history.
Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy passed the $1.342billion mark at the global box office on Monday (August 28), beating Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 to become the company’s highest-grossing film ever, not adjusted for inflation.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Barbie is set to become only the 13th movie in history to cross the $600million mark at the US box office later this week. As of Sunday, the film has grossed over $592.8million in the US, and $745.5million in the rest of the world.
The film is also set to beat The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.36billion) as the highest-grossing film of 2023 globally in the coming days. When it crosses the milestone, Barbie will become the 15th highest-grossing film of all time.
In a statement to mark the record, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-CEOs, Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, said: “Reaching this outstanding achievement is a reminder of the power of moviegoers – from countries in every corner of the globe – coming together to further the celebration of an iconic character that has entertained us for so many decades.”
Barbie previously surpassed Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight to become the highest-earning film in Warner Bros. history in the US. Since it was released in July, the film has also become the highest-grossing live-action movie solely directed by a woman.
Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, Barbie released on the same day as Nolan’s latest film Oppenheimer, creating the “Barbenheimer” phenomena which boosted the success of both films at the box office.
In a four-star review, NME wrote: “What follows is a nuanced, rose-tinted comedy adventure, set to a stonking pop soundtrack featuring Lizzo and Billie Eilish, that somehow lives up to the immense hype. To borrow a pun from Ken’s coolest jacket (out of a long lineup), Barbie is more than ‘kenough’.”
Not a masterpiece tho. It doesn’t want to be a complex movie and succeeds at it. It’s basically a fun experience with no real deeper meaning, just 2 hours of some laughs, at least for me
Yep, just finally watched it on Sunday and was very letdown by all the hype. It was okay, but the comedy completely missed the mark until the third act when Alan starts beating up Kens. Could have had a hell of a lot more fun with the concept. They didn’t seem to have any idea what they wanted the message of the movie to be, so they just threw a bunch of shit at the audience that didn’t really say anything. Glad I watched Oppenheimer on opening night instead. That movie was a masterpiece.
Agree 100%
I would absolutely say it has some deeper meaning.
The deeper meaning is just “but feminism” and then makes feminist jokes
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How can you say it doesn’t have a deeper meaning? They go on a 10 minute long monologue where they’re just directly telling viewers how to manipulate men, and the whole last 1/3 of the movie is basically a political message.
Again, that’s not deep and it has no meaning apart from “our company has been called sexist, now we’re “proving” we’re actually 100% feminist”