Barbie is nearly in the top 10 highest-grossing films in U.S. after surpassing “The Avengers” at no. 11
“Barbie” made one other $4 million at the field workplace this weekend – nearly two months (*11*) – placing its home gross at greater than $626 million. The movie pushed out “The Avengers” as the eleventh highest-grossing movie domestically and is nearly in the top 10 highest-grossing films in the U.S. of all time, according to Box Office Mojo.
“Barbie” beat “The Avengers” by $2,764,233, pushing it down into the No. 12 spot on the home field workplace checklist. The Greta Gerwig film must make $27.28 million to dethrone 2015’s “Jurassic World” in the No. 10 spot.
The highest-grossing movie domestically is 2015’s “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” which has raked in greater than $936 million in the U.S.
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When factoring in worldwide gross sales, 2009’s “Avatar” – which is No. 4 on the home checklist – is No. 1, with $2.9 billion in worldwide lifetime gross. “Barbie” is No. 14 on the worldwide checklist, having made $1.4 billion to this point, in keeping with Box Office Mojo, which tracks the home and worldwide gross of films.
Considering most of the highest-grossing films each domestically and worldwide are superhero or fantasy motion pictures – with a couple of exceptions, equivalent to “Titanic” and “Top Gun” – “Barbie” stands out as a pink-drenched comedy with a heartwarming message about girls empowerment.
All of the top 20 films on the highest-grossing checklist domestically are directed by males – besides “Barbie,” making it the highest-grossing movie directed by a girl ever.
“Frozen II” – No. 22 on the checklist with a $477 million home gross – is the second-highest-grossing movie directed by a girl, in keeping with Box Office Mojo. Jennifer Lee co-directed each of the “Frozen” films, alongside Chris Buck.
After it premiered on July 21, “Barbie” held the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office for 4 weeks. It has remained on the charts since, first slipping out of the No. 2 spot the weekend of Sept. 8, when a number of new motion pictures, together with “The Nun II” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3,” premiered.
As it moved up the field workplace charts, “Barbie” first made historical past by changing into Warner Bros. Discovery’s highest-grossing movie, surpassing the domestic gross of 2008’s “The Dark Knight” in August.
There are a number of Barbie characters in the movie, however Margot Robbie performs the “stereotypical Barbie” who is blonde, bold and wears a variety of pink. Ryan Gosling performs considered one of the many Ken dolls in the movie and America Ferrera performs the Mattel worker Barbie meets in the actual world when she leaves “Barbieland.”
The star-studded film also includes Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae and Simu Liu as different Barbie and Ken dolls and Will Ferrell as the head of Mattel.
The film sparked a rise in so-called “Barbie core” – primarily an explosion of pink clothes and accessories. The primarily pink film set inspired moviegoers to put on their finest pink Barbie-themed outfits to the movie show – and likewise caused a shortage of pink paint from the model Rosco.
“Barbie: The Album,” which incorporates songs from the soundtrack and is produced by Mark Ronson, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. It has been on the chart for seven weeks and is presently in the No. 7 spot.
