Barbie has already made over $1 billion.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Barbie has rocketed past 2012's The Avengers at the domestic box office. The Greta Gerwig movie, which stars Margot Robbie as the titular doll who must travel to the real world after facing an existential crisis, opened in theaters on July 21.
Per Variety, the Barbie box office has continued to grow in the meantime. By the end of this weekend, it will have grossed over $623 million at the domestic box office. This means it will have surpassed the 2012 Marvel crossover The Avengers to become the 11th highest-grossing movie of all time in North America.
Could Barbie Join the Domestic Top 10? The movie has hit this total despite the fact that it has already been in theaters for eight weeks. The Barbie streaming release date of September 12 has also already come to pass, meaning the movie was available at home two days before the start of this weekend. This just goes to show how much power the movie has at the box office, belying the fact that it could potentially keep growing.
However, it remains to be seen if it can grow enough to enter the Top 10 domestic movies of all time. Although it has surpassed The Avengers, in order to crack the Top 10, it will have to outgross 2015’s Jurassic World. That Jurassic Park legacy sequel made $653.4 million at the domestic box office, meaning Barbie would have to climb an additional $30 million.
Barbie reaching this total in the U.S. does seem somewhat unlikely. Last weekend it made less than $6 million, and this weekend it grossed less than $4 million. With those diminishing returns, it would most likely need a huge final boost like a special event re-release if it wants to climb further beyond The Avengers before the end of its theatrical run.
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