$1.38 billion! This movie becomes the biggest hit of 2023 ahead of Mario

Barbie can’t stop! The Greta Gerwig film just surpassed Super Mario Bros. at the international box office to become the biggest blockbuster of 2023.

The animated film Super Mario Bros., released on April 5, has grossed $1.359 billion internationally, while Barbie has earned $1.383 billion to date.

The feature film directed by Margot Robbie – who received a good amount of money for the feature film she is producing – Ryan Gosling, America Ferrara and Simu Liu, respectively, becomes the highest-grossing film of the year. In the US, the candy-pink comedy grossed $612 million versus $574 million for the Illumination film.

Barbie thus becomes the fifteenth biggest success in history and the first entirely by a woman.

In turn, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer becomes the year’s 3rd biggest worldwide box office hit.

A huge success that could lead to a riot at the next Oscars. Already nominated for Best Director for Lady Bird in 2018 and Best Adapted Screenplay for 2020’s Daughters of the Doctor, will Greta Gerwig finally win Barbie’s prized statue? The case will follow.

In any case, these figures should speed up the start of construction of the desired deluxe for Mattel. Last July, Mattel CEO Jon Kreis said that Barbie is just the beginning of a new franchise. In an interview with Time magazine, the latter was excited about the idea of ​​production.More Barbi moviesE”.

Meanwhile, Barbie will be released in IMAX theaters in the United States on September 22 and will be seen in IMAX in France from September 20 to 26, with unseen images after the credits.