Barbie ticket sales surpass $1 billion at the box office worldwide
The lockbuster film Barbie has sold more than $1 billion at the box office worldwide since its debut on July 21, Warner Bros. Pictures announced Sunday.
In a statement, Warner Bros. said the fantasy comedy has grossed $459 million in domestic theaters since its theatrical release – including the US and Canada – and an additional $572.1 million abroad for a total of 1.0315 billion US dollars (784 million pounds). .
The number was confirmed by media analysis company Comscore.
Oscar-nominated Barbie writer-director Greta Gerwig also became the first filmmaker to surpass the billion-dollar mark as a solo director, according to Warner Bros., bringing the $821.8 million (£644 million) worldwide total for Wonder Woman surpassed.
In modern cinema history, only 53 films have grossed more than a billion films, not counting for inflation, and Barbie is the largest directed by a woman today.
Three films where women co-directed are still ahead of Barbie, including Frozen and Frozen 2, both co-directed by Jennifer Lee and Captain Marvel, co-directed by Anna Boden.
It was already the third cinema weekend for Barbie.
According to Comscore, the film grossed $127 million worldwide this weekend (Friday through Sunday), of which $53 million was domestic and an additional $74 million was overseas.
“As sales executives, we’re not often stunned by a film’s performance, but Barbillion has exceeded even our most optimistic predictions,” Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic sales for Warner Bros. Pictures, and Andrew Cripps, president of international sales, said in a statement .
Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, the film takes Mattel Inc.’s legendary doll on an adventure in the real world.
Barbie ticket sales rank second this year to The Super Mario Bros., which opened in April and grossed $1.357 billion at the box office.
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