Barbie blasts past its initial box office projections to score a massive opening weekend gross that breaks a variety of all-time records.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Barbie has shattered records with its opening weekend gross. The movie, which opened on July 21, was directed by three-time Oscar nominee Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach.
Per Deadline, the Barbie box office is currently projected to gross between $155 and $160 million by the end of its domestic opening weekend. Wherever it falls within that range, it will still be the best opening weekend of 2023, beating The Super Mario Bros. Movie's opening haul of $146.3 million. Barbie has also broken a myriad of records, including the highest opening weekend for a movie that isn't a sequel, a remake, or a superhero movie.
Could Barbie Join The $1 Billion Club? There are innumerable additional records that the Barbie movie has broken. These include the biggest opening for a movie with a female director, the biggest for a movie based on a toy, and the biggest for either Margot Robbie or Ryan Gosling.
The only question that remains is how far Barbie can go after this weekend. So far, its prospects look incredibly rosy, especially considering the fact that the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike has eliminated many publicity opportunities for upcoming movies. Potential competition from Haunted Mansion, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and The Meg 2 is likely going to be greatly reduced because of this, leaving a lot of open runway for Barbie to keep climbing.
Barbie could very well enter the $1 billion club before too long. So far this year, the only movie to cross that milestone at the worldwide box office is Super Mario. However, considering the fact that this movie opened even higher than Mario, this could mean its path toward that number is already set if its international numbers can keep up with its domestic gross.
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