‘Barbie’ tops USD 1 billion worldwide, breaks one other report for feminine administrators

By AFP

Hollywood’s pink wave has but to crest as Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” dominated for a 3rd straight weekend in North American theaters, pushing the movie’s world haul previous USD 1 billion in a primary for a solo girl director, trade watcher Exhibitor Relations stated Sunday.

The Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster has tapped right into a cultural zeitgeist: not solely did it make historical past by hitting the billion-dollar field workplace milestone, it additionally did so quicker than any movie — together with these directed by males — in Warner Bros.’ 100-year historical past, executives there stated.

The movie, which earlier scored the most important opening weekend of the 12 months, “has captured the imagination of moviegoers around the world and the results are incredibly impressive,” analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Comscore stated.

Starring Margot Robbie as iconic doll Barbie and Ryan Gosling as boyfriend Ken, the film earned a projected USD 53 million for the Friday-through-Sunday interval, for a home complete of USD 459 million and a whopping USD 1.03 billion worldwide.

Co-written by Gerwig and her associate Noah Baumbach, it follows Barbie as she contends together with her woman-led, pink-plastered fantasy land changing into contaminated with real-world issues, in a comic book self-aware commentary on the dolls’ decades-old cultural significance.

A supporting forged together with Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon and America Ferrera add much more star energy to the movie, whereas its soundtrack contains new songs by chart toppers Dua Lipa, Lizzo and Nicki Minaj — in addition to a shock hit in “I’m Just Ken,” the facility ballad sung within the movie by Gosling.

“Barbie” is barely the sixth movie to surpass USD 1 billion on the box-office because the Covid-19 pandemic, in keeping with Variety.

Falling to 3rd place was Universal’s “Oppenheimer,” the darkish historic drama whose opening the identical week as “Barbie” sparked the huge “Barbenheimer” social media development.

‘Oppenheimer’ turns into top-grossing WWII movie
It was bumped by Warner Bros. newcomer “Meg 2: The Trench,” an motion sequel by which Jason Statham tries to outlive assaults by gargantuan prehistoric sharks.

“Meg 2” pulled in USD 30 million for the weekend, whereas Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” earned USD 28.7 million to push its world complete to USD 552 million.

That complete made the story concerning the creation of the atomic bomb the all-time top-grossing World War II movie, forward of Nolan’s personal “Dunkirk” (USD 527 million) and Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” (USD 482 million), not adjusted for inflation, in keeping with Hollywood Reporter.

Fourth place for the weekend went to “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” the most recent within the franchise a few workforce of reptilian heroes in a half-shell. The Paramount animated comedy, that includes the voices of Jackie Chan and Post Malone, introduced in USD 28 million.

Disney launch “Haunted Mansion” slid two spots to fifth, with the lavishly produced kid-centric movie — starring LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson — incomes USD 8.9 million.

Holding its personal in sixth was the unbiased “Sound of Freedom,” from Santa Fe Films and Angel Studios, at USD 7 million. The low-budget motion thriller has sparked controversy, with critics saying its story about little one intercourse trafficking performs into Qanon conspiracy theories.

All in all, it was an distinctive weekend for Hollywood, with the highest 4 movies all raking in USD 28 million or extra — although whether or not the trade can maintain that momentum within the face of a historic writers’ and actors’ strike stays to be seen.

Not solely did the highest movies come near doubling the full from the identical weekend final 12 months, they surpassed the corresponding pre-pandemic weekend in 2019, analysts stated.

As Ken might need stated — in a line reportedly ad-libbed by Gosling in “Barbie” — the weekend was “Sublime!”

Rounding out the highest 10 had been:

“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1” (USD 6.4 million)

“Talk to Me” (USD 6.2 million)

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (USD 1.5 million)

“Elemental” (USD 1.2 million)

Hollywood’s pink wave has but to crest as Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” dominated for a 3rd straight weekend in North American theaters, pushing the movie’s world haul previous USD 1 billion in a primary for a solo girl director, trade watcher Exhibitor Relations stated Sunday.

The Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster has tapped right into a cultural zeitgeist: not solely did it make historical past by hitting the billion-dollar field workplace milestone, it additionally did so quicker than any movie — together with these directed by males — in Warner Bros.’ 100-year historical past, executives there stated.

The movie, which earlier scored the most important opening weekend of the 12 months, “has captured the imagination of moviegoers around the world and the results are incredibly impressive,” analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Comscore stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

Starring Margot Robbie as iconic doll Barbie and Ryan Gosling as boyfriend Ken, the film earned a projected USD 53 million for the Friday-through-Sunday interval, for a home complete of USD 459 million and a whopping USD 1.03 billion worldwide.

Co-written by Gerwig and her associate Noah Baumbach, it follows Barbie as she contends together with her woman-led, pink-plastered fantasy land changing into contaminated with real-world issues, in a comic book self-aware commentary on the dolls’ decades-old cultural significance.

A supporting forged together with Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon and America Ferrera add much more star energy to the movie, whereas its soundtrack contains new songs by chart toppers Dua Lipa, Lizzo and Nicki Minaj — in addition to a shock hit in “I’m Just Ken,” the facility ballad sung within the movie by Gosling.

“Barbie” is barely the sixth movie to surpass USD 1 billion on the box-office because the Covid-19 pandemic, in keeping with Variety.

Falling to 3rd place was Universal’s “Oppenheimer,” the darkish historic drama whose opening the identical week as “Barbie” sparked the huge “Barbenheimer” social media development.

‘Oppenheimer’ turns into top-grossing WWII movie
It was bumped by Warner Bros. newcomer “Meg 2: The Trench,” an motion sequel by which Jason Statham tries to outlive assaults by gargantuan prehistoric sharks.

“Meg 2” pulled in USD 30 million for the weekend, whereas Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” earned USD 28.7 million to push its world complete to USD 552 million.

That complete made the story concerning the creation of the atomic bomb the all-time top-grossing World War II movie, forward of Nolan’s personal “Dunkirk” (USD 527 million) and Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” (USD 482 million), not adjusted for inflation, in keeping with Hollywood Reporter.

Fourth place for the weekend went to “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” the most recent within the franchise a few workforce of reptilian heroes in a half-shell. The Paramount animated comedy, that includes the voices of Jackie Chan and Post Malone, introduced in USD 28 million.

Disney launch “Haunted Mansion” slid two spots to fifth, with the lavishly produced kid-centric movie — starring LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson — incomes USD 8.9 million.

Holding its personal in sixth was the unbiased “Sound of Freedom,” from Santa Fe Films and Angel Studios, at USD 7 million. The low-budget motion thriller has sparked controversy, with critics saying its story about little one intercourse trafficking performs into Qanon conspiracy theories.

All in all, it was an distinctive weekend for Hollywood, with the highest 4 movies all raking in USD 28 million or extra — although whether or not the trade can maintain that momentum within the face of a historic writers’ and actors’ strike stays to be seen.

Not solely did the highest movies come near doubling the full from the identical weekend final 12 months, they surpassed the corresponding pre-pandemic weekend in 2019, analysts stated.

As Ken might need stated — in a line reportedly ad-libbed by Gosling in “Barbie” — the weekend was “Sublime!”

Rounding out the highest 10 had been:

“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1” (USD 6.4 million)

“Talk to Me” (USD 6.2 million)

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (USD 1.5 million)

“Elemental” (USD 1.2 million)