Barbie has officially become the year’s biggest box office hit, after the doll’s big-screen earnings overtook the Super Mario Bros Movie’s total.
The Barbie movie, which sees Margot Robbie’s titular toy swap her pink fantasy home for the real world, has now made $1.38bn (£1.1bn) globally.
That has taken it past the $1.36bn taken by the Super Mario Bros Movie.
Barbie has also helped the US summer box office reach the $4bn (£3.2bn) mark for the first time since the pandemic.
Analysts did not expect cinemas to reach that milestone, but the success of Barbenheimer - Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which were released on the same day in July - propelled takings past last year’s total of $3.4bn (£2.7bn).
Industry experts also predicted that the Super Mario Bros Movie would be the biggest film of 2023. But Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig, has proved them wrong on that front too.
The biggest films of 2023 so far
1. Barbie - $1.38bn
2. The Super Mario Bros Movie - $1.36bn
3. Oppenheimer - $853m
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 - $846m
5. Fast X - $705m
This, exactly this is what the movie should’ve been.
Also I don’t understand the modern way of many movies being made now where the movie isn’t something where you can immerse yourself in the movie without any political agenda being pushed by any side.
I want a movie to be something to Enjoy rather than criticize our world for its problems. Sure some movies can have this message such as documentaries or crime stories and such but today it’s come to the point where more and more genre of movies are becoming like this.
Have you ever watched movies? They all have stuff to say. Otherwise why make em?
Ishtar is a movie. What did it have to say?
Unfamiliar, but the description[0] suggests they have some themes around war in the middle East. I hear that can occasionally get political. Really you should just stick to nice simple books without any subtext at all, like Moby Dick. Just a good read about a man who hates a fish.
[0] “Two untalented nightclub performers get caught in the crossfire when they are booked in the war-torn Middle East. Thanks to rebel Shirra, the duo find themselves in the middle of a revolution.”
From the few minutes of it I could sit through, it struck me as a badly made buddy road trip movie. Actually try to sit through it then tell me what it’s about.
So you’re saying that movies shouldn’t push a message and should instead be purely about enjoyment. Then you bring up an example of a movie that you found to be really shitty and unenjoyable as an example of a movie without a message (but didn’t watch enough of it to be able to say whether it pushes any message). Are there any movies that don’t push a message that you did enjoy?
I feel you. It’s why I can’t watch Disney movies anymore. I’m fully aware how busted our world is. If salting the wound makes more people aware, I’d chalk that up as a win.
But if these “freshly woke” folks are rallying around a banner of “Less men CEOs” instead of “CEOs paid what we’re paid”, imo that’s another loss.
I felt similarly about “Rich Men North of Richmond”. Agree - Pay is shit, life is shit, yup yup. But then the man blames poor people receiving welfare? . . . Bruh . . . So close . . .