Greta Gerwig, queen of Hollywood
It didn’t take more than a month to Barbie by Greta Gerwig to become a great phenomenon of the history of cinema. Released in France on July 12, 2023, one week later Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 and at the same time ofOppenheimer by Christopher Nolan Barbie it crushed the competition to reach all-time highs at the box office.
Indeed, it quickly became billionaire at the global box office, Barbie is setting records. Greta Gerwig’s film is in fact the first film directed by a woman (alone) to go beyond this symbolic limit. Before her, Anna Boden and Jennifer Lee had entered this very closed – and very masculine – club respectively for Captain Marvel (co-directed with Ryan Fleck) and both films Snow Queen (co-directed with Chris Buck).
As of August 14, 2023, Barbie continues her impressive career, and a month after her American release, she has become in the North American territory most successful for a film directed by a female directorwith above 525 million dollars cashed. Even Barbie tops it frozen 2and globally surpasses Captain Marvelwith 1.18 billion dollars in turnover against 1.13 billion. And the counters keep ticking…
The biggest hit in Warner Bros. history ?
More than a breath of fresh air, this performance by Barbie is a huge relief for Warner Bros studios. In the midst of a year DC releases, Shazam! : The Wrath of the Gods AND The flashhave so far been failures, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie have in fact rained dollars on a choked treasure.
Better yet, Barbie is up to date the second biggest hit in Warner Bros. history.in front of Aquaman and behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. This is currently at the top of the chart with $1.34 billion of recipes. About 160 million dollars are missing Barbie take this place, and the excitement is such that Greta Gerwig’s film is more than likely to get there.
Source: Cine Serie
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