A scene from the “Barbie” movie.
Courtesy: Warner Bros.
“Barbie” is less than $100 million away from topping $1 billion at the global box office.
Heading into the weekend, the bubblegum pink flick from Warner Bros. Discovery and Mattel has tallied $916.1 million. It’s expected to hit the coveted billion-dollar benchmark before Monday.
“Joining the billion-dollar box office club is a watershed moment for ‘Barbie’ and Greta Gerwig as the latter will become the first solo female director to achieve that feat,” said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at BoxOffice.com.
Anna Boden, co-director of Disney’s “Captain Marvel,” was the first female director to be attached to a billion-dollar live-action film. “Captain Marvel” reached just shy of $1.13 billion during its theatrical run in 2019, according to data from Comscore.
On the animation side, Jennifer Lee has two billion-dollar features under her belt, having co-directed “Frozen” and “Frozen II” with Chris Buck for Disney.
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2023-08-06 17:00:24
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