New Delhi:- The Barbie movie made over one billion dollars in just 17 days after it came out, according to Warner Bros. , the company that released it. The movie made $1. 03 billion (£808 million) in ticket sales worldwide over the weekend, according to a statement on Sunday.
This means that Greta Gerwig has achieved something significant by being the first woman to reach a certain goal as a director on her own. Warner Bros called it a "big turning point."
Jeff Goldstein, who is in charge of distributing movies in the US, said that only Greta Gerwig could have made this story about different generations so funny, emotional, and enjoyable. This sentence means that everything around became pink.
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He mentioned that the long queues in movie theaters and people watching movies multiple times indicate that the movie industry is doing well again. This comes after the movie industry faced challenges during the pandemic lockdowns and competition from streaming services.
Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, who are in charge at Warner Bros Motion Picture Group, said that people really love the Barbie movie. The pink-colored movie has been appreciated by critics and has encouraged many people to take selfies at doll boxes placed in UK cinemas.
Margot Robbie plays Barbie and Ryan Gosling plays Ken in the movie. It has made $459 million in the US and $572 million worldwide.
Achieving "Barbillion" - as described by Warner Bros - is not an easy accomplishment. Only five other movies have achieved this since the pandemic, like The Super Mario Brothers Movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World Dominion, and the Avatar sequel.
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Many people like to watch Barbie movies along with Christopher Nolan's movie Oppenheimer. Barbie is about the life of the famous doll while Oppenheimer is about making the first atomic bomb. Vue, a cinema company in the UK, said that these two movies caused their busiest weekend in four years.
Margot Robbie also helped make Barbie. In a recent interview with Collider, she expected to earn a billion dollars during initial discussions. "I believe I informed them that it could earn one billion dollars, and perhaps I exaggerated a bit, but we needed to make a movie, alright. " she explained to the magazine.
The movie has been promoted a lot, with big pink signs put up in many cities and a pink Tardis showed up at Tower Bridge. Toy-maker Mattel wants to have the same success with more movies.
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Other Mattel brands like Barney, Hot Wheels, and Polly Pocket will appear in upcoming movies made in Hollywood. The Barbie movie released a soundtrack and partnered with more than 165 product companies. However, its sales dropped by 12% for the three months ending in June.
Finally, after a tough battle with Oppenheimer, Barbie, a female director's movie, has earned 1 billion dollars worldwide. It has been very successful and received praise from both officials and the public, making it very popular.