Greta Gerwig’s Barbie blasts into the blockbuster record books with $155 million US opening
by Jess Weatherbed from The Verge - All Posts on (#6D7MX)
Yep, $155 million seems Kenough to me. | Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Legions of Barbie-core and biopic fans descended onto theaters this weekend for the Barbenheimer" box office phenomenon, but one pink-plastered performance, in particular, came out on top. Greta Gerwig's Barbie has already smashed several records, raking in $155 million domestically over the weekend - the highest US opening ever for a film directed by a woman - beating the previous $153 million achieved by Anna Boden's Captain Marvel.
The massive, overwhelming response we've seen out there proves what we've known from the beginning: that Barbie' is not only an incredibly special film, but clearly the theatrical event of the summer, if not the year," said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. Pictures president of domestic distribution in a...