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Greta Gerwig’s Comedy/Drama Movie Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has generated around $1.34 billion at the global box office. Soon it will surpass The Super Mario Bros. movie’s $1.35 billion global box office.
Also, Barbie collects around $575.4 million at the domestic box office, surpassing The Super Mario Bros. movie and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight movie (Warner Bros. Production) at the domestic box office.
Key Facts:
This is director Greta Gerwig’s first film to collect $1 billion.
This is the first movie for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling to collect $1 billion.
This film is the second to collect $1 billion this year. It is noteworthy that The Super Mario Bros. movie, which was released earlier, collected 1.35 billion.
Now Barbie is all set to surpass Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 at the box office. As of this Monday, Barbie collects $1.34 billion, and the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 lifetime collection is $1.341 billion. As per trackers, Barbie will surpass the lifetime collection of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 by today and become the highest grossing movie of Warner Bros.
With this, the director of the film, Greta Gerwig, became the first female director to collect $1 billion in a film. Earlier, Patty Jenkins, who directed Wonder Woman in 2017, topped the list. The film collected around $822.8 million worldwide. Greta Gerwig has now overtaken her for the top spot.
This film is important not only for the director, Greta Gerwig, but also for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, who played the lead roles in the film, as it is the first time that their films have collected $1 billion.
Released as one of the most anticipated films of this summer, the film was well received by the masses. $155 million in the US in its first week of release. Also, the film has collected $459 million globally in a week and has reached the highest point of the union very quickly.