‘Barbie’ has already overtaken ‘Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning’ at the Global Box Office

Just a few hours after Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer raised more than $ 200 million in global coffers, Greta Gerantas‘s Barbie you can celebrate your big day. After six days in theaters around the world, the candy-colored satirical comedy has passed the $ 400 million mark. Both films debuted in theaters last weekend, in an event that became known as “Barbenheimer,” and delivered a massive global opening of $ 500 million.

And it doesn’t look like any movie is going to slow down any time soon. Barbie it has earned $ 214 million at the domestic vault office so far, and another $ 194 million from overseas territories, for a global haul of $ 408 million. Notably, it showed an almost 0% drop from Monday’s figures. The film debuted with more than $ 350 million worldwide over the weekend and earned a record $ 162 million at the home vault office. It represents the biggest opening weekend of the year so far, and the biggest opening weekend for a film directed by a woman.

Months into production,” Barbenheimer ” was a true blockbuster event that brought audiences back to the cinema in large numbers. The combined earnings made this the best weekend since 2019, and the fourth-biggest weekend ever at the home vault office. Not only Barbie, Oppenheimer it also exceeded expectations by a wide margin, having delivered over $ 80 million in the United States and $ 180 million worldwide in the first three days.

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Actors Margot Robbie Barbie and Ryan Gosling Si Ken, Barbie it is based on the iconic Mattel toy line. Although Mattel produced the film, audiences and critics have praised the satirical tone that Gersiblig brought to the story, which touches on themes of capitalism, identity and existentialism. The film is A CinemaScore from the Opening Day audience, and the 90% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes suggest that there is a bright future ahead of it, and Seflix. b. he may want to start planning a sequel soon.

But Gersibig was recently tapped to direct two Narnia movies for Netflix, which can make things a little complicated. She was not committed to a sequel in a recent interview with Usanair York Times, where she said that “for the moment”, she does not think there is another Barbie story in it. “I wouldn’t want to squash anyone else’s dream, but for me, at this moment, I’m completely zero,” she said.

Gersibli’s career trajectory has been astounding

Gersibles gradually rose to the top. She started out in the mumblecore movement, where she co-directed the comedy drama Nights and weekends me Joe Svanberg. She made her solo debut as a director Zog Ladywhich earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. She followed it up with smash hit The Little Womenwhich earned her a third Oscar mark, this time for Best Adapted Screenplay. Barbie it is currently the ninth biggest Hollywood hit of the year worldwide, after Johnanair: Chapter 4 ($426 million) and forward Mission: Impossible-Calculation Of The Dead Part One ($373 million). You can watch our interview with Gersiblig here, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.