Peter Bart: ‘Barbie’ Has Box Office Floating On Pink Cloud With Its Fascinating Distractions

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.This week, it surpassed the $500 million mark, making its director Greta Gerwig the highest earning female director ever at the domestic box office, beating the record held by “Frozen II‘s” Jennifer Lee.The movie is so popular that searches for the baby name “Barbie” have increased by a staggering 603% since April, when its trailer was released.“Oppenheimer,” which was in fourth place last week, moved back up to the No. 2 spot with $5.1 million in sales.This week, the Christopher Nolan filmbecame the highest grossing ever at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre in the location’s 97-year history, according to Deadline.

British actor Rob Brydon has revealed he finds it hurtful when Barbie fans question why he was cast in the record-breaking movie.

“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot didn’t need the lasso of truth when advised that she was considered for the plum role of “Barbie” in that film you’ve all seen.

It’s hard to imagine anyone else starring in the titular role of Barbie — but Margot Robbie initially thought Gal Gadot was the woman for the job. 

Gal Gadot opened up about a project from her past, one from her future and one that sadly did not work out for her in a new interview with Flaunt.

Barbie movie, which is directed by Greta Gerwig and stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is partly set in the fictional wonderland filled with plastic palm trees and bright pink houses.In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Tyson observed the film’s sun, moon, and vegetation in order to determine where such a place would be if it really existed on Earth.“In @BarbietheMovie, the moon’s orientation places Barbie World between 20 and 40 [degrees] north latitude on the Earth,” deGrasse Tyson wrote. That places it roughly somewhere between the lower half of the U.S. and the northern half of Mexico.“Palm trees further constrain latitude between 20 and 30 [degrees],” he continued.

Box Office Mojo. “Barbie” has dominated the box office in the United States and Canada, making over $485.4 million as of Aug. 9.

Barbie movie has been banned in Kuwait and now faces calls for a ban in Lebanon amid complaints in the Arab nations about the film’s social values.Kuwait’s state news agency said that the nation acted to protect the country’s “public ethics”, while Lebanon’s culture minister accused the film of “promoting homosexuality”.The film is however still being shown in other conservative parts of the region, including Saudi Arabia.Barbie, which is directed by Greta Gerwig and stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has grossed more than $1bn (£784m) worldwide within weeks of its release.Lafi al-Subaiei, the head of Kuwait’s board of film classification, said that the board usually asks for movie scenes to be cut if they are deemed to flout the country’s culture. But when a film promotes behaviour the state considers unacceptable, it is banned outright.The film “promulgate[s] ideas and beliefs that are alien to Kuwaiti society and public order”, a spokesman for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information said (via BBC News).On Wednesday, the Lebanese Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada asked the interior ministry to “take all necessary measures to ban” Barbie.He said the film “promotes homosexuality and transsexuality… supports rejecting a father’s guardianship, undermines and ridicules the role of the mother, and questions the necessity of marriage and having a family”.Meanwhile, in the US, comedian and actor Marc Maron recently hit out at the film’s conservative critics, describing them as “insecure babies”.“The fact that certain men took offence to the point where they, you know, tried to build a grift around it in terms of their narrative as right wing [expletive] is so embarrassing for them.

“How did I become Tom Joad? I used to write for a living.”

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#barbie #barbiemovie #moviereview #fyp “Plaster this in Times Square,” cheered a fan of O’Brien’s heartfelt hot take.“Biggest green flag from your dad,” applauded another impressed commenter.“Obsessed with the fact that The Godfather and Barbie are in his top 5 films, the duality of man,” another said.“I’m not sure if I want your dad to also be my dad or if I want to know if he’s single,” purred a hot-to-trot admirer. “LOVE THIS ENERGY!”But O’Brien’s far from the only guy who’s been swept up by Barbie’s pink wave in the wake of her recent pop cultural explosion.

Eric Jackson often has his tongue firmly wedged in his cheek. The artist has created a large collection of, sometimes cheeky, posters celebrating Greater Manchester’s villages, towns and boroughs.

Mark Ronson is trolling Bill Maher after the Real Time host criticized the Barbie film and categorized it as “preachy” and “man-hating.”

Deadline has confirmed that Warner Bros’ billion-dollar grossing Barbie won’t be getting a release in Kuwait, and it’s skating on thin ice in Lebanon.

grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide — and eight months from now, a million more Barbies could be saying “hi” to the world, info from one popular baby naming website suggests.According to Nameberry, searches for “Barbie” have surged by 603% since April, when the trailer for the Greta Gerwig-directed summer blockbuster was released.The film, which swept into theaters in July, stars Margot Robbie as in the titular role and Ryan Gosling as Ken.Searches for “Ken” — or “Kenneth” — saw a 293% increase in the same time period.“Barbie and Ken are piquing parents’ interest, but this doesn’t mean that will translate into actual usage,” Nameberry’s editor-in-chief Sophie Kihm told People.Prior to the film’s release, Kihm noted, “Barbie” had been a very popular name with Amish parents.And while the spike in interest has been impressive, Kihm said the two names are not expected to crack the top 10 anytime soon.“Barbie and Ken are both dated names that aren’t due to come back yet, so while there may be a slight bump from the movie, neither will be among the most popular baby names of 2023,” she explained.Currently, “Barbie” ranks 1,896 out of 2,000 of the most popular names for 2023 on the website.

Barbie box office prediction, after the film crossed the $1billion mark.The conservative political commentator, who posted a review of Greta Gerwig’s film on his YouTube channel last month, predicted the movie would “absolutely fall off a cliff” following its first week of release.“Week one this thing is going to clean up at the domestic box office,” Shapiro said in his review. “My prediction: it’s going to just absolutely fall off a cliff after that.“The repeat business on this movie is going to be non-existent because it was written by two people who are so smug and self-satisfied in Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, that they have no audience.”Last week, Barbie crossed the $1billion mark at the worldwide box office, becoming the first film solely directed by a woman to hit the milestone.

Even the Prime Minister of Canada is getting in on Barbenheimer fever.

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Barbie” will play in theaters across the Middle East after all. Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar blockbuster was running into censorship issues in certain territories, including in the region’s top market of Saudi Arabia, so it looked increasingly like the film would be banned. But those matters appear to have been resolved, as the movie is set to release on Thursday.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Now that “Barbie” has officially crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, speculation about a potential sequel has intensified tenfold. Greta Gerwig, who directed “Barbie” in addition to co-writing its script with Noah Baumbach, told The New York Times she has no ideas yet for a “Barbie 2.” However, she also told People magazine before the film joined the $1 billion club that she hoped her movie “is the launch of a world and a bunch of different Barbie movies.” “There’s a tone and a humor and a joy, and obviously the world is so beautiful,” Gerwig told the publication. “I want to go back to Barbie Land.” Margot Robbie was less assertive when asked about a “Barbie” sequel in pre-release interviews.

The cast of Barbie experienced life in plastic while filming what is shaping up to be one of the year’s hottest blockbusters after grossing over $1 billion in less than a month.

Barbie is the latest movie to pull off a very impressive feat – netting $1 billion at the global box office – and it is one of the fasted movies to hit the goal.

Stranger things have happened.Meghan Markle, 42, and Prince Harry, 38, have purchased the screen rights to the popular new release “Meet Me at the Lake” to turn it into a film for Netflix, The Post can confirm — and according to one PR expert, the project could “break records.” “Harry and Meghan are no strangers to attracting millions of eyes upon what they do and this will be no different,” publicity coach Mayah Riaz recently told The Mirror. “I believe the film could hit record number in the first week at the box office.”Riaz added that the numbers could even compare to Greta Gerwig’s recently released “Barbie” movie, which hit $1 billion in global ticket sales over the weekend.

Justin Trudeau is picking a side in Barbenheimer. The Canadian prime minister shared a photo on Instagram of himself and his oldest son, Xavier, 15, posing in front of a Barbie poster at a movie theater, which he captioned, “We’re team Barbie.«The father-and-son duo twinned in pink to honor Greta Gerwig’s history-making $1 billion film, which is being widely hailed as a feminist masterpiece and a celebration of women.Trudeau shared the photo days after announcing on social media that he and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, are separating after 18 years of marriage.

Kate McKinnon's «Weird Barbie» is en route from Greta Gerwig's Barbie Land. Mattel debuted a miniature recreation of McKinnon's character from the film on Friday. Fans can now pre-order the doll until Aug.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Greta Gerwig celebrated her 40th birthday just as “Barbie” was getting ready to cross the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. The feat has made “Barbie” the first movie solo directed by a female filmmaker to cross the box office milestone.

Greta Gerwig is making history! Three weeks after its debut in theaters, Barbie has surpassed $1 billion at the box office, making Gerwig the first female director to hit this box office milestone as a solo director.In a statement, Warner Bros. said the fantasy-comedy movie has taken in $459 million from domestic theaters — counting the United States and Canada — and another $572.1 million overseas since it hit theaters, for a total of $1.0315 billion.

Barbie might not be on the cards.According to The Hollywood Reporter, none of the talent involved in making the comedy are contractually obliged to return for a follow-up – including Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, who played Barbie and Ken respectively.This is also said to apply to director Greta Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach. Speaking to the outlet, sources claim Warner Bros.

As Barbie breaks the box office, grossing over $1 billion globally, director Greta Gerwig has made history as the first solo female director to reach this impressive feat. Only 53 films have hit the billion-dollar category, with Barbie joining the likes of Titanic, Jurassic Park, and Avatar.The only other female-directed films on this list are Frozen, Frozen 2, and Captain Marvel.

Barbie at the global box office. That's a whole lotta dream houses. , starring and , previously became the biggest blockbuster of the summer on Wednesday, when it surpassed 's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Meg 2: The Trench,” the second Jason Statham-led shark thriller, is swimming to $112 million in its international box office debut, bringing its global total to $142 million. It’s a strong start for the $130 million-budgeted film, which was co-financed by Warner Bros. and China Media Capital.

Sequin- and self-actualization sprinkled congratulations are in order for Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and all the dolls and guys as the phenomenon that is Barbie has now crossed $1B global in just its third weekend. We said yesterday it was on the cusp, and now here’s the pudding.

Barbie has hit the $1billion dollar mark at the global box office, just two weeks after its release.Greta Gerwig‘s film is the 53rd movie of all time to hit the milestone, and the first ever to be solely directed by a woman.The dual release of Barbie and Oppenheimer on July 21 led to a sizeable uptick in UK box office numbers last month.On the films’ first weekend, Gerwig’s comedy brought in $110million (£86.6million) at the US box office, over twice the expected takings of Christopher Nolan’s biopic about the creator of the atomic bomb.Barbie is currently the third-highest grossing film of 2023, behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.

Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theaters, “Barbie” is set to sail past $1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins, who helmed “Wonder Woman.”“Barbie,” which Gerwig directed and co-wrote, added another $53 million from 4,178 North American locations this weekend according to studio estimates on Sunday.

This Barbie is a billionaire! Greta Gerwig‘s doll comedy starring Margot Robbie has officially earned over $1 billion at the box office.

“Barbie” continues to burn up the box office, and on Sunday the film made history by surpassing $1 billion at the global box office.