"Barbie" makes history as film surpasses $1B in box office sales
'It's the first film soley directed by a woman to ever cross $1 billion in global box office sales.'
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Just saw it today with my daughter… great great movie. Definitely deserves the hype.
But is it Kenough?
Go woke, go
brokerich?It turns outs "woke" doesn't have a definition nor really a unifying theme, and that marketing a film to 50+% of the population can actually work.
I’ve asked dozens of republicans and not one of them can answer the question: “what is woke?”
Yeah, Greta Gerwig just completely invalidated that right wing slogan.
Nah, it's been invalidated several times and yet they hopelessly cling to it as if it still meant something. And if some LGBTQ+ friendly film happens to bomb or at least not make that much profit, they will parrot it once again with further gusto.
It could have done without the car chase Chevy ad, but I thought overall it was far above my expectations. Not surprised it's doing well, the whole movie theatre were laughing out loud.
Is that the worst of it? Maybe I should see it... I mean I liked the first Michael Bay Transformers movie despite the ludicrous product placement.
It's closer to the first Lego movie than Transformers. If that helps
I thought it was pretty fun and enjoyable. My GF thought it was a bit boring though. Not for everyone surely, and I think it could have been better but still a solid 7/10 by me
Just finished watching it maybe ~2 hours ago. I agree with the 7/10. There were parts that were boring (and imo cringey), but overall it was interesting. Nothing game breaking and could be better, but still a good watch.
6/10 for me, but yes, it's fun and gets uneven, with said cringey bits.
Would like to see that gross adjusted for inflation. But either way, incredibly solid box office.
Have to admit I kind of want to see it.
Adjusted for inflation it still made over $1B.
I mean so we can compare it to box office of all time. Haven't seen a source though.
Look at the last movie that broke a record. The inflation conversion probably hasn't changed much since then.
Nothing's cracked the top 10 lifetime interest adjusted grosses in a long time. Our last top 20 film was in 2015.
If @moobythegoldensock is right, this sounds like this could be a new top 10 entry, will have to wait and see.
Is anyone surprised?
Every time the was a movie that appealed a lot to women, it broke all box office records. Just look at Titanic.
As of last year, Gone With the Wind was still the highest grossing film ever made once we factor in inflation.
And that's a melodrama with a female protagonist.
I plan to see it as soon as it comes out of cinemas 🚢🧲
Thankfully haven't seen any spoilers or memes yet, unlike with some of the Marvel franchise movies
Do it. Do it.
Ugh, there's that mean-spirited, "let's assume the worst about people" attitude I hoped we left at reddit.
I'm a cinephile with an interest in film history and I want to know where the new film stands on this list.
If it knocks out Gone With The Wind, that has real implications not just for cinema history, but as an indicator of the health of the movie theater industry.
I also stated that I want to see the film, so assuming I'm trying to "dismiss" it isn't reasonable.
I read somewhere else that no one expected this movie to do so well. This and the Taylor Swift Eras tour is killing it!!
strange that two weeks ago the opening was like 150 mil a giant success, but maybe that just goes to predict or correlate with this number in some way. Giant opening means great buzz, means more sales. etc. guess it worked out. I need to watch it but probably will just do so at home.
Of course a film about the most popular plastic doll is going to make incredible revenues
That’s not why bro
I thought it was very mediocre, even disregarding how gross it is as a transparent advertising vehicle that tries to lampshade its intent with a few throwaway lines about capitalism being bad.
It seemed like a cash grab from the trailer and yet you paid to see it in the movie theater, and helped it set a record, which is what this article is about.
Gonna need a new Barbie first responder line after that burn
You got me, I watched a film that I have an opinion on.