Greta Gerwig’s comedy Barbie earned $1.36 billion over the weekend. worldwide and became the highest-grossing film in 2023.
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Edition Collider claims that before the leader of the rental was the animated film “Super Mario Bros. Movie”, which earned 1.358 billion dollars.
Barbie, which premiered on July 21, 2023, crossed the billion-dollar mark at the box office in just 17 days.
It is the most successful release for Warner Bros. “Barbie outperformed the collection of previous studio record holders, The Dark Knight and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Part 2″.
The film is also the highest-grossing film ever directed by a woman.
The film “Barbie” has already collected more than UAH 110 million at the Ukrainian box office, becoming the most successful film by Warner Bros. Pictures in Ukraine. But in Russia there was no official premiere of Barbie because Hollywood studios left the market after February 24, 2022.
According to media reports, a digital copy of “Barbie” will be shown in Russian cinemas from September 9 under the “pre-screening” scheme (viewers are sold a ticket for a short film, and along with it a blockbuster is shown “free of charge”, which is not officially released in Russia).
Source: Racurs
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