Barbie Movie Directed by Greta Gerwig Nears Billion-Dollar Box Office Success
News - 3 August 2023
The movie Barbie is experiencing tremendous success, rapidly earning millions of dollars. Directed by Greta Gerwig, this comedy has already generated nearly 800 million globally and is projected to surpass the billion-dollar mark in the upcoming weekend. Barbie is now among the top-grossing films of 2023, alongside hits like The Super Mario Bros.
Movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The Super Mario Bros.
Movie also performed well in the United States, earning $353.2 million in its second weekend, while Barbie had reached $351.4 million by the following Monday.
The worldwide total for Mario is close to $1.4 billion.Despite strong competition from other films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Elemental, Barbie continues to attract audiences.
In the near future, it will face challenges from upcoming releases such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Back to the Strip, Doggy Style, and Blue Beetle. While reaching a revenue of over $2 billion may be a stretch for Barbie at this point, it remains one of the most anticipated films of the summer, along with Oppenheimer. The outlook for Barbie's earnings in the weeks ahead suggests the possibility of surpassing Mario by a significant margin, potentially landing between $1.
5 and $2 billion. The performance of Barbie in its third weekend, both in the US and worldwide, will provide more clarity on its ultimate box office success.Despite the impressive performance of Barbie and the anticipation surrounding Oppenheimer, Avatar's position as one of the highest-grossing films of all time is not in immediate jeopardy.
Only six films have surpassed the $2 billion mark worldwide to date, with titles like Avengers: Infinity War, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Titanic, and Avatar: The Way of Water among them. Avengers: Endgame and Avatar currently hold the top spots on the all-time box office charts, with earnings of $2.8 billion and $2.
9 billion, respectively.