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
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 . . .