‘Barbie’ makes history with $1 billion at the box office

“Barbie” has answered the billion-dollar question with a resounding “yes.”

Barely three weeks into its run, writer-director Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster has raked in an astounding $1.03 billion at the global box office, according to official Warner Bros. estimates.

This makes Gerwig the first solo female director with a billion-dollar movie.

As one half of the viral “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, it isn’t shocking “Barbie” has performed well. And, standing on her own two feet, the doll’s incredible success is not unexpected at all.

In an interview with Collider last month, Margot Robbie — who produced the movie in addition to playing the titular character — shared a premonition she had at a greenlight meeting with studios.

Robbie says she thinks she told them they’d make a billion dollars which, maybe she was overselling, but we had a movie to make!

Its global success was driven by box office sales in some of the world’s largest movie markets, including the United Kingdom, Mexico and Australia.

The movie has been the No. 1 release in these markets every weekend since its release, according to tracking site Box Office Mojo.

Source: CNN